Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Pelophylax > Species: Pelophylax shqipericus

Balkan frog - Pelophylax shqipericus (Hotz, Uzzell, Guenther, Tunner & Heppich, 1987)

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Threat status Europe	Endangered (IUCN)
Protected by	2 international agreements

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IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Endangered

Europe

Endangered

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Amphibians not included in Annex II)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Commission regulation (EU) No 1320/2014, of 1 December 2014, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (EU regulation of trade of fauna and flora)	Annex D includes: Some CITES Appendix III species for which the EU holds a reservation; Some non-CITES species in order to be consistent with other EU regulations on the protection of native species, such as the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive (Rana shqiperica)		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...s/legislation_en.htm

Common Name	Language	Reference
Balkan frog	English	Gasc J.P. and al.
Balkan-Wasserfrosch	German	Gasc J.P. and al.
Grenouille d'Albanie	French	Gasc J.P. and al.
Rana schipetara	Croatian	Gasc J.P. and al.

Synonym	Author
Rana shqiperica	Hotz, Uzzell, Günther, Tunner & Heppich, 1987
All species of Amphibians not included in Annex II

Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information

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Balkan frog - Pelophylax shqipericus (Hotz, Uzzell, Guenther, Tunner & Heppich, 1987)

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Distribution

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