Long-legged wood frog

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Long-legged wood frog

Updating IUCN citation; adding synonyms + citation for extra synonyms

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| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Sergius Kuzmin, David Tarkhnishvili, Vladimir Ishchenko, Natalia Ananjeva, Nikolai Orlov, Boris Tuniyev, Max Sparreboom, Ismail Ugurtas, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Theodore Papenfuss, Steven Anderson, Güven Eken, Tuba Kiliç, Engin Gem, Uğur Kaya |date=2009 |title=''Rana macrocnemis'' |volume=2009 |article-number=e.T58651A11820145 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T58651A11820145.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}
| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2023 |title=''Rana macrocnemis'' |article-number=e.T125195737A125195886 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T125195737A125195886.en}}
| genus = Rana
| genus = Rana
| species = macrocnemis
| species = macrocnemis
| authority = [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1885
| authority = [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1885
| synonyms =
| synonyms =
*''Rana camerani''
*''Rana camerani'' ([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1886)
*''Rana macrocnemis'' ssp. ''camerani'' (Boulenger, 1886)
*''Rana cameranoi'' (Boettger, 1892)
*''Rana holtzi'' (Werner, 1898)
| synonyms_ref =
*''Rana kisatibensis'' (Riabinin, 1928 "1927")
*''Rana macrocnermis'' ssp. ''holtzi'' (Veith, Kosuch, & Vences 2003)
*''Rana temporaria'' ssp. ''warenzowi'' (Terentjev, 1923)
| synonyms_ref = {{cite web|title=''Rana macrocnemis'' Boulenger, 1885 |access-date=2026-04-20 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |website=Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Rana/Rana-macrocnemis}}
}}
}}


The '''long-legged wood frog''' ('''''Rana macrocnemis'''''), also known as '''Caucasus frog''', '''Brusa frog''', or '''Uludağ frog''', is a species of [[frog]] in the family [[Ranidae]] found in [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], Iran, Russia, Turkey, and [[Turkmenistan]].
The '''long-legged wood frog''' ('''''Rana macrocnemis'''''), also known as '''Caucasus frog''', '''Brusa frog''', or '''Uludağ frog''', is a species of [[frog]] in the family [[Ranidae]] found in [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], Iran, Russia, Turkey, and [[Turkmenistan]].


Its natural [[habitat]]s are boreal [[forest]]s, temperate forests, temperate [[shrubland]], subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate [[grassland]], [[river]]s, intermittent rivers, [[swamp]]s, freshwater [[lake]]s, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater [[marsh]]es, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater [[Spring (hydrosphere)|spring]]s, rocky areas, [[arable land]], pastureland, [[plantation]]s, rural gardens, [[urban area]]s, water storage areas, [[pond]]s, and introduced vegetation.
Its natural [[habitat]]s are boreal [[forest]]s, temperate forests, temperate [[shrubland]], subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate [[grassland]], [[river]]s, intermittent rivers, [[swamp]]s, freshwater [[lake]]s, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater [[marsh]]es, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater [[Spring (hydrosphere)|spring]]s, rocky areas, [[arable land]], pastureland, [[plantation]]s, rural gardens, [[urban area]]s, water storage areas, [[pond]]s, and introduced vegetation.
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