During one of our orchid hunting forays into the Chateau Joffreny park next door, Greg took the opportunity to photograph some of the frogs in the “River Anglaise”.

There were a lot of frogs making a lot of noise and there seemed to be two varieties, and possibly even some hybrids.

According to “La Passion des Amphibians“, the greenish ones with the prominent green stripe down their back appear to be Grenouille verte (Rana kl. esculenta = pelophylax kl. esculentus – right).  There are also frogs with very prominent brown patches on a brown background, which are possibly Grenouille rieuse (Rana ridibunda = Pelophylax ridibundus – below).  Then there are some that seem to have characteristics of both (bottom right).  Could these be hybrids?

green frog
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