The Pool Frog (Rana lessonae) is a European frog.

Pool Frogs in Britain

The Pool Frog has not always been recognised as a native British species. Part of the reason for this is that other similar species are known to have been introduced. However research has now shown that a native origin is most likely.

The Herpetological Conservation Trust website states that "The Pool Frog was formerly recorded from two sites in East Anglia although it was lost from one of these in the middle of the 19th century. It was presumed extinct in the wild at the last remaining site by 1995. A single individual known from this population survived in captivity until 1999. Other populations have become established in the UK and it is known that some of these included individuals of British origin in their founding stock."

An English Nature reintroduction project is underway in Breckland.

References

• Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

• BBC News article on the reintroduction
• Species page at the Herpetological Conservation Trust website

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