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Marsh Frog

Pelophylax ridibundus

1,516Records since 2000
MayPeak month
21Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb7
Mar40
Apr228
May435
Jun322
Jul162
Aug127
Sep92
Oct36
Nov4
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England683
2East Riding of Yorkshire England116
3Thurrock England95
4Surrey England87
5Essex England51
6Somerset England35
7Medway England23
8Norfolk England9
9Dorset England8
10Nottinghamshire England4
11Cambridgeshire England2
12West Berkshire England2
13Suffolk England1
14Devon England1
15Ceredigion Wales1
1,509 England1 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,516
Peak month
May
Counties with records
21
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pelophylax ridibundus
Group
Amphibians
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,452
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Ranidae
Genus
Pelophylax
Name with authority
Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771)
Described
1771
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q319393 · GBIF 2426661