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Pool frog
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<p>The pool frog (<i>Pelophylax lessonae</i>) is a <a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh">European</a> <a href="/facts/Frog/IxYhbeda">frog</a> in the family <a href="/facts/Ranidae/zKlDcL4Q">Ranidae</a>. Its <a href="/facts/Specific_name_(zoology)/RuH34bxb">specific name</a> was chosen by the Italian <a href="/facts/Herpetology/41JyLR79">herpetologist</a> <a href="/facts/Lorenzo_Camerano/Tj8Ip6Sd">Lorenzo Camerano</a> in 1882, in order to honour his master <a href="/facts/Michele_Lessona/fSKXsyHx">Michele Lessona</a>. </p>