Caucasian parsley frog
| Caucasian parsley frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodytidae |
| Genus: | Pelodytes |
| Species: | P. caucasicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelodytes caucasicus Boulenger, 1896
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The Caucasian parsley frog (Pelodytes caucasicus) is a species of frog in the family Pelodytidae. It is found in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey, and possibly Armenia. Its natural
springs
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It is threatened by habitat loss
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The natural history of this frog is poorly understood, with most of it coming from behaviors and habits observed during the spring when they gather in vernal pools to breed.
One study has found that during the summer, the frogs take shelter inside remote limestone caves, and showed a strong preference for caves which harbored colonies of bats.[2] This is most likely because they could eat the insects that proliferated in the bat's guano.
References
- doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T39422A10236383.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.)
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Dinets, Vladimir (October 2015). "Trogloxeny in the Caucasian parsley frog (Pelodytes caucasicus)". Herpetological Bulletin.
- Dinets, V. Trogloxeny in the Caucasian parsley frog (Pelodytes caucasicus). Herpetological Bulletin, October 2015
- Tarkhnishvili, D., Gokhelashvili, R. 1999. The Amphibians of the Caucasus. Pensoft Publishers.
- AT Chubinishvili, RK Gokhelashvili, DN Tarkhnishvili. 1995. Population ecology of the caucasian parsley frog (Pelodytes caucasicus Boulenger) in the Borjomi Canyon. Russian J. Herpetol. 2: 79-86.
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