in taxon frog edible frog Rana esculenta Linnaeus 1758 Rana esculenta Linnaeus, 1758 Pelophylax lessonae (Camerano, 1882) Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771) 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. *Pelophylax kl. esculentus* is the fertile hybrid of the pool frog (*Pelophylax lessonae*) and the marsh frog (*Pelophylax ridibundus*). common water frog green frog pelophylax esculentus rana esculenta Pelophylax lessonae Pelophylax ridibundus requires discussion