Vol. 15 No. 2 (2020)
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Confirming Lessona’s brown frogs distribution sketch: Rana temporaria is present on Turin Hills (Piedmont, NW Italy)

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  • Davide Marino,
  • Angelica Crottini,
  • Franco Andreone
Davide Marino
Associazione Natura Invisibile, Via Avigliana, 24, I-10138 Torino, Italy
Angelica Crottini
CIBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, No. 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
Franco Andreone
Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Via G. Giolitti, 36, I-10123 Torino, Italy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/a_h-9206

Published 2020-12-08

Keywords

  • Common frog,
  • Rana temporaria,
  • new findings,
  • Turin Hills,
  • NW Italy

How to Cite

Marino, D., Crottini, A., & Andreone, F. (2020). Confirming Lessona’s brown frogs distribution sketch: Rana temporaria is present on Turin Hills (Piedmont, NW Italy). Acta Herpetologica, 15(2), 125–128. https://doi.org/10.13128/a_h-9206
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Abstract

The presence of Rana temporaria on Turin Hills (Piedmont NW Italy) has been confirmed through morphological and molecular analyses. Breeding individuals of this species were found at two sites and assessed by either morpho-chromatic and genetics. This new finding represents an interesting confirmation of ancient record reported in 1877 by the renowned naturalist Michele Lessona, and highlights that the species is likely quite cryptical and secretive and has a distribution wider than formerly presumed. 

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