What is Edible frog?
{{Automatic taxobox | image = Rana esculenta on Nymphaea edit.JPG | taxon = Pelophylax | species_text = '''''[[Pelophylax lessonae|P. lessonae]]'' × ''[[Pelophylax ridibundus|P. ridibundus]]''''' | binomial_text = ''Pelophylax'' [[klepton|kl.]] ''esculentus'' | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | synonyms = * ''Pelophylax esculentus'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small> * ''Rana esculenta'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small> }} The '''edible frog''' (''Pelophylax'' [[klepton|kl.]] ''esculentus'') is a [[species]] of [[frogs]]. It lives in [[Europe]]. It is also known as '''water frog''' or '''green frog'''. However, '''green frog''' is usually given to the North American frog ''[[Lithobates clamitans]]''. It is used for food, in countries such as [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[Italy]], for the delicacy [[frog legs]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Truman|first=Matthew|year=1843|title=Food and its influence on food and disease|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sd0RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA40|journal=The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art|publisher=Leavitt, Trow, & Company|volume=1|page=40}}</ref> Females are between {{convert|5|and|9|cm|abbr=on}} long, males between {{convert|6|and|11|cm|abbr=on}}. <gallery> File:Rana-esculenta_swimming_331.jpg|A swimming frog File:Rana-esculenta_mating_325.jpg|Copulation trial between two males File:Teichfrosch isst teichfrosch.JPG|Proof of cannibalism File:Waterfrog head.jpg|Close-up of the frog head File:Rana_esculenta_on_nymphaea_front_view.JPG|Close-up of the head, other perspective File:Veekonn.JPG|Edible frog on an arm </gallery> == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == {{commons cat-inline|Pelophylax esculentus}} [[Category:Frogs of Europe]] [[Category:Animal hybrids]] {{biology-stub}}