Crab-eating Frog/Mangrove Frog/Rice Field Frog/Asian Brackish Frog vs البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي

Fejervarya cancrivora compared with Ardea cinerea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Crab-eating Frog/Mangrove Frog/Rice Field Frog/Asian Brackish Frog البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي
Kingdom same Animalia (حيوانات) Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum same Chordata (حبليات) Chordata (حبليات)
Class Amphibia (برمائيات) Aves (طيور)
Order Anura (ضفدع) Pelecaniformes (بجعيات)
Family Dicroglossidae Ardeidae
Genus Fejervarya Ardea
Species Fejervarya cancrivora Ardea cinerea

Evolutionary Relationship

Crab-eating Frog/Mangrove Frog/Rice Field Frog/Asian Brackish Frog and البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (حبليات)

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Frog/Mangrove Frog/Rice Field Frog/Asian Brackish Frog

LC — Least Concern

البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Crab-eating Frog/Mangrove Frog/Rice Field Frog/Asian Brackish Frog البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي
Diet — Carnivore
Average Lifespan — 15 years
Average Length — 95 cm
Average Weight — 1.5 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Frog/Mangrove Frog/Rice Field Frog/Asian Brackish Frog

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

البلشون الرمادي, مالك الحزين الرمادي

A large, elegant wading bird reaching up to 1 meter in height, gray herons inhabit wetlands, rivers, lakes, and coastal areas across Europe, Asia, and Africa. Patient, solitary hunters, they stand motionless for long periods before striking fish, frogs, and small mammals with lightning-fast dagger bill strikes. They nest colonially in tall trees in rookeries called heronries, sometimes shared with other colonial waterbirds. Widely distributed and of Least Concern globally.

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia