Common frog  (Rana temporaria)

Species information

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Threats

For several decades up until the 1970s, this frog suffered a serious decline in Britain. Since the increase in popularity of garden ponds, however, it has experienced a welcome recovery. It is not currently threatened, but populations are vulnerable to the destruction and pollution of water bodies (4). Inbreeding in garden ponds caused by isolation is thought to be a serious problem in some areas, leading to reduced immunity and an increase in disease (5).

Conservation

It is illegal to sell common frogs under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 (2).

View information on this species at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
There may be further information about this species available via the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.
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