Brusa frog
Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885
Status not recordedfrogs and toads
The brusa frog (Rana macrocnemis) is a species in the family Ranidae, order Anura. Recorded adults weigh about 11.3 g.
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Quick facts about the brusa frog
- Weight
- 11.3 g
- Length
- up to 7.9 cm
- Lifespan
- up to 10.5 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2,040
- Reproduction
- Eggs
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the brusa frog live?
Not recorded
Is the brusa frog endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the brusa frog classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyRanidae
- genusRana
- SpeciesRana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885
Synonyms Rana camerani, Rana holtzi, Rana kisatibensis, Rana macrocnemis angeloi, Rana macrocnemis camerani, Rana macrocnemis holtzi, Rana temporaria warenzowi
Other names and names in other languages (27)
- Banded frogEnglish
- Caucasian brown frogEnglish
- Caucasus frogEnglish
- Iranian long-legged frogEnglish
- Iranian long-legged wood frogEnglish
- Long-legged wood frogEnglish
- Taurus frogEnglish
- Transcaucasian frogEnglish
- ضفدع طويل الأقدامArabic
- skokan maloasijskýCzech
- Vorderasiatischer FroschGerman
- قورباغه جنگلی پا درازPersian
- Grenouille du CaucaseFrench
- Փոքրասիական գորտArmenian
- Rana bruna del CaucasoItalian
- Kleinaziatische kikkerDutch
- Żaba kaukaskaPolish
- Малоазиатская лягушкаRussian
- Yayla KurbağasıTurkish
- 高加索林蛙Chinese
- ضفدع الغابة طويل الأقدامArabic
- ضفدع طويل الأقدام الأيرانيArabic
- skokan maloasijský CameranůvCzech
- Kleinasiatischer BraunfroschGerman
- قورباغه پا دراز ایرانیPersian
- Maloaziatskaya LyagushkaRussian
- Uludağ KurbağasıTurkish
Relatives of the brusa frog
Other species in the same genus Rana.

Common frog
Rana temporaria

Moor frog
Rana arvalis
Agile frog
Rana dalmatina
Greek frog
Rana graeca
Iberian frog
Rana iberica
Asiatic grass frog
Rana chensinensis
CompareBrusa frog vs Common frogBrusa frog vs Moor frogBrusa frog vs Agile frogBrusa frog vs Greek frog
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the brusa frog?
An adult brusa frog weighs 11.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the brusa frog?
The brusa frog (Rana macrocnemis) belongs to the family Ranidae in the order Anura.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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