Caucasian Parsley Frog

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Caucasian Parsley Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Pelodytidae Genus: Pelodytes Species: P. caucasicus
Binomial name
Pelodytes caucasicus Boulenger, 1896

The Caucasian Parsley Frog (Pelodytes caucasicus) is a species of frog in the Pelodytidae family. It is found in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey, and possibly Armenia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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• Kuzmin, S., Tarkhnishvili, D., Tuniyev, B., Papenfuss, T., Sparreboom, M., Ugurtas, I., Anderson, S., Eken, G., Kiliç, T. & Gem, E. 2004. Pelodytes caucasicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.