Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771
= Pelophylax ridibunda (Pallas, 1771)

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Distribution in Armenia
Altitudes: 375-2000 m above sea level.
Regions: Araks basin: Shirak, Armavir, Aragatsotn, Yerevan, Kotayk,Gegharkunik, Ararat, Vayots Dzor, Syunik; Kura basin: Lory, Tavoush.
Habitats: Water habitats: ponds, lakes, streems, rivers.
Areal type: Mediterranean complex
Global distribution:
Europe: France, Spain, Latvia, Litvuana, Estonia (extinct), Greece, Georgia,. England & Italy (introduced)
Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Kazakhstan, W-Arabian peninsula, China (Xinjiang), Afghanistan, Pakistan.
Food:

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Parasites:

Known trend: not abjective data is available (presumably common).

References:

Eghiazaryan, E.M.,2002.Amphibians.Yerevan State University. pp. (In Armenian) 60pp.

Gumilevsky, B.A., 1939. [The Batrachian fauna of Armenia and Nakhichevan ASSR] // Zoological Papers, Vol I, (Transactions of Biological Institure, Vol. III). Edition of Armenian Brunch of The USSR Academy of Scienecs, Erevan, 1939, pp. 1-24. (In Russian).

Kuzmin S.L., 1999. The Amphibians of The Former USSR. Moscow. Scientific Publishers Association KMK, 298 pp.

Tarkhnishvili, D. & Gokhelashvili, R., 1999. The Amphibians of the Caucasus . Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union 1999, Volume 4 : 1-239 ( treatise).

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