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Common frog vs Iberian frog

The common frog is heavier: 47.6 g against 10.6 g for the iberian frog, about 4.5 times the weight.

Common frog (Rana temporaria)
Common frog LCLeast Concern
Photo: Richard Bartz , Munich aka Makro Freak Image:MFB.jpg · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Iberian frog (Rana iberica)
Iberian frog VUVulnerable
Photo: Luis Fernández García · CC BY-SA 2.5 es · Wikimedia Commons

What is the difference between a common frog and a iberian frog?

Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.

  • The common frog is heavier: 47.6 g against 10.6 g for the iberian frog, about 4.5 times the weight.
  • Both belong to the genus Rana, so they are close relatives.
  • The common frog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the iberian frog is Vulnerable.

Side by side

Common frogIberian frog
Scientific nameRana temporariaRana iberica
FamilyRanidaeRanidae
OrderAnuraAnura
Weight47.6 g10.6 g
LengthNot recordedNot recorded
LifespanNot recordedNot recorded
Main foodarthropodsarthropods
HabitatNot recordedNot recorded
Conservation statusLeast ConcernVulnerable
Countries recordedNot recordedNot recorded

A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.

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