Marsh Frog
Pelophylax ridibundus
Marsh frog — a confirmed species; bedriagae is treated here as a synonym or subspecies.
Overview
What is Marsh Frog
The marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) is biologically confirmed. Parts of the literature treat P. bedriagae at species rank; Tarkhnishvili et al. 2026 treat bedriagae as a junior synonym of P. ridibundus or a geographic subspecies (Tarkhnishvili et al. 2024): COI from Georgia is closer to Levant P. bedriagae s.l. than to European P. ridibundus (difference over 5%), but both haplogroups occur in the type area of the species. Barcodes are throughout Georgia; point localities are in Tarkhnishvili et al. 2024. The checklist figure is Tsalenjikha, Skuri.
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Identification
How to identify Marsh Frog
Marsh frog (Pelophylax) — not the brown frog (Rana macrocnemis). bedriagae is a synonym or subspecies here.
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Pelophylax ridibundus; biologically confirmed.
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bedriagae is a synonym or subspecies in the checklist.
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Figure: Tsalenjikha, Skuri.
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Not Rana macrocnemis.
Yes. Tarkhnishvili et al. 2026 list it as biologically confirmed. Barcodes are throughout Georgia (details in Tarkhnishvili et al. 2024); the figure is Tsalenjikha, Skuri.
Not in this checklist. Following Tarkhnishvili et al. 2024, P. bedriagae is a junior synonym of P. ridibundus or a geographic subspecies.
This is Pelophylax (marsh frog), not Rana macrocnemis (brown frog).
Site classification: Harmless. Venom: none.
- Tarkhnishvili et al. 2026 — Annotated checklist of Georgia's amphibians and reptiles
- Tarkhnishvili et al. 2024 — barcode localities cited for Pelophylax in Tarkhnishvili et al. 2026
- Iankoshvili & Tarkhnishvili 2021 — Georgian herpetofauna records cited in Tarkhnishvili et al. 2026
- AmphibiaWeb
Species profiles are compiled from peer-reviewed literature and established biodiversity databases, and are reviewed as new taxonomic and conservation data become available.
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