Its long, muscular hind legs, common to frogs, are a key aspect of their agile swimming and jumping abilities.

[2] Every female frog can lay up to 5000 eggs and they hatch after about a week,[6] depending on water temperature.

[7] During breeding season, males develop prominent vocal sacs on their throats and they aggressively defend their territories, employing a variety of strategical calling and physical confrontation.

[5] Cretan frogs predominantly consume invertebrates, with a food preference leaning towards aquatic insects, snails, and small crustaceans.

[2] The American Bullfrog, which is endemic to the eastern United States, was brought to the area in order to be bred in captivity for the production of frog legs.

In 2000, a businessman from Chania who bred bullfrogs was disappointed by his investment and released all of his frogs into the Lake Agia.

The biggest problem is that Lake Agia does not host a natural enemy so to stop this invasive species rapid spread.