Edible frog
（重定向自Rana esculenta）
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![Example crosses between pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae), marsh frog (P. ridibundus) and their hybrid - edible frog (P. kl. esculentus). The first is the primary hybridisation generating the hybrid; the second is the most widespread type of hybridogenesis.[5][7]](/Images/godic/202502/06/Hybridogenesis_in_water_frogs4412.gif")
The edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus) is a name for a common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog (however, this latter term is also used for the North American species Rana clamitans).
It is used for food, particularly in France for the delicacy frog legs. Females are between 5 to 9 cm long, males between 6 to 11 cm.