Their main predators include certain fish, such as pike; snakes, such as grass snakes; and birds, such as herons and kingfishers. It is a protected species. But their greatest enemy is humans.
In fact, the term “esculenta” in its name means “edible.” During a nighttime outing in the wetlands of Bourgon Castle, the green frog is hard to spot among the moss—it takes the trained eye of Benoît Baudin, an amphibian specialist, to find it! \