Back ابيروس ضقدع الماء ARZ Pelophylax epeiroticus CEB Epirus-Wasserfrosch German Ηπειρωτικός βάτραχος Greek Pelophylax epeiroticus Spanish Pelophylax epeiroticus Basque Pelophylax epeiroticus French Pelophylax epeiroticus Italian Katak air Epirus Malay Griekse poelkikker Dutch
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Pelophylax |
| Species: | P. epeiroticus
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| Pelophylax epeiroticus (Schneider, Sofianidou & Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou, 1984)
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The Epirus water frog (Pelophylax epeiroticus) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is found in western Greece, including Kerkyra,[2][3][4] and the southern areas of Albania.[5] The species is collected from the wild for human consumption.
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pelophylax epeiroticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58592A89698408. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58592A89698408.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Schneider, H., Sofianidou, T. S., Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou, P.: Bioacoustic and morphometric studies of water frogs (genus Rana) of Lake Ioannina in Greece, and description of a new species (Anura, Amphibia). In: Zeitschrift für zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung. Volume 22, 1984, pp. 349–366.
- ^ Sofianidou, T. S., Schneider, H., Asimakopoulos, B.: Distribution of the water frog Rana epeirotica (Amphibia, Anura) in Greece. In: J. J. van Gelder, H. Strijbosch and P. J. M. Bergers (Eds.). Proceedings of the Fourth Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Nijmegen. 1987, pp. 365–367.
- ^ Sofianidou, T. S., Schneider, H.: Distribution range of the Epeirus Frog Rana epeirotica (Anura: Ranidae) and the composition of the water frog populations in western Greece. In: Zologischer Anzeiger. Volume 223, 1989, pp. 13–25.
- ^ Schneider, H., Haxhiu, I. (1992): The distribution of the Epeirus frog (Rana epeirotica) in Albania. In: Amphibia-Reptilia. Volume 13, 1992, pp. 293–295.