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Photo: Jim Foster/English
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Latin name: Rana lessonae
Size: The body is approx 60-70mms
Distribution: Recently re-introduced at a secret location near Thetford in Norfolk.
Months seen: May to October. Hibernates through the winter, often underwater.
Food: Invertebrates. The tadpoles feed on algae.
Habitat: Open, un-shaded ponds.
Special features: The pool frog is mostly olive-green with dark brown patches. It has a yellow line running down the centre of the back.
The pool frog became extinct in England in the 1990's, probably as a result of their ponds becoming overgrown or drained.
 Around 70
pool frogs from Sweden were reintroduced to Norfolk in August 2005.
Extinct Frog Hops Again - Press Story
UK Safari Amphibian Section
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