I was just wondering what the most recent suggestions as to which species of water frog inhabit this region are. I have read about the grouping of P. cerigensis from Karpathos with frogs found on Rhodes, but there seems to be some doubt as to whether this decision is backed by by reliable data (mtDNA, nuclear DNA..) so, as I understand it, there is not yet a definitive answer.
In Speybroeck, J., Beukema, W. & Crochet, P. A. (2010). A tentative species list of the European herpetofauna (Amphibia and Reptilia) - an update. Zootaxa, 2492. 1-27 the authors "recognize, for the time being, a single species of Middle East water frog". I assume this is reserved judgement until further research is done to clarify the taxonomy of the frogs from this region. In the two years which have elapsed since publication of this paper does anyone here know of any more recent work suggesting the distribution of frogs around the Aegean (P. cerigensis, P. bedriagae), & Cyclades (P. sp from Milos)? As in which species are recognised and where they occur? Or do we still need to wait for an answer to this (difficult & extensive) question?