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Common frog

Rana temporaria

33,381Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
127Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan328
Feb2,756
Mar6,982
Apr3,593
May3,918
Jun3,788
Jul3,618
Aug3,273
Sep2,419
Oct1,169
Nov452
Dec198

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland2,731
2Norfolk England1,035
3Sefton England982
4Cumbria England856
5Medway England642
6North Yorkshire England579
7Argyll and Bute Scotland566
8Worcestershire England547
9Devon England538
10Powys Wales517
11Cornwall England501
12Cambridgeshire England463
13Kent England439
14Orkney Islands Scotland437
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland372
23,288 England7,097 Scotland2,250 Wales607 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
33,381
Peak month
March
Counties with records
127
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Rana temporaria
Group
Amphibians
NBN Atlas records since 2000
29,712
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Bern Convention, Habitats Directive, Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Ranidae
Genus
Rana
Name with authority
Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
56

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27465 · GBIF 2426805