Cretan Frog

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Cretan Frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species: R. cretensis
Binomial name
Rana cretensis
Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994

The Cretan Frog (Rana cretensis) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to Greece.

Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.

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