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Common Rain Frog
Brevicipitidae

Common Rain Frog

Breviceps adspersus Peters, 1882

Breviceps adspersus, the common rain frog, is a burrowing southern African frog that cannot jump or swim and hatches directly into froglets.

Mozambique Rain Frog
Brevicipitidae

Mozambique Rain Frog

Breviceps mossambicus Peters, 1854

Breviceps mossambicus, the Mozambique rain frog, is a stout African frog found across central and southern open habitats.

Black Rain Frog
Brevicipitidae

Black Rain Frog

Breviceps fuscus Hewitt, 1925

Breviceps fuscus is a small burrowing frog native to the Cape Fold Belt of South Africa with a distinctive avocado-like shape.

Rough-backed Forest Frog
Ceratobatrachidae

Rough-backed Forest Frog

Platymantis corrugatus (Duméril, 1853)

Platymantis corrugatus is a common endemic frog of the Philippines threatened by habitat loss.

Papua Wrinkled Ground Frog
Ceratobatrachidae

Papua Wrinkled Ground Frog

Cornufer papuensis (Meyer, 1875)

Cornufer papuensis is a common, adaptable lowland frog found across a wide range of disturbed and undisturbed habitats with no known threats.

Helmeted Water Toad
Calyptocephalellidae

Helmeted Water Toad

Calyptocephalella gayi (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

Calyptocephalella gayi, the helmeted water toad, is the largest anuran of the Americas, a large, mostly aquatic frog with distinct size and behavior traits.

Warty Tree Toad
Hylodidae

Warty Tree Toad

Hylodes asper (Müller, 1924)

Hylodes asper, the Brazilian torrent frog, is an endemic southeastern Brazilian frog that uses semaphoring to communicate in noisy environments.

Riobamba Pouched Frog
Hemiphractidae

Riobamba Pouched Frog

Gastrotheca riobambae (Fowler, 1913)

Gastrotheca riobambae is an Ecuador-endemic frog in Hemiphractidae, sometimes kept as a pet and threatened by habitat loss.

Common Marsupial Frog
Hemiphractidae

Common Marsupial Frog

Gastrotheca marsupiata (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

Gastrotheca marsupiata is a locally common Hemiphractidae frog ranging from central Peru to southern Bolivia.

Mount Tucuche Tree Frog
Hemiphractidae

Mount Tucuche Tree Frog

Flectonotus fitzgeraldi (Parker, 1934)

Flectonotus fitzgeraldi, the Mount Tucuche tree frog, is a small arboreal Hemiphractidae species threatened by habitat loss and found in Trinidad, Tobago, and Venezuela.

Sharp-nosed ridged frog
Ptychadenidae

Sharp-nosed ridged frog

Ptychadena oxyrhynchus (Smith, 1849)

Ptychadena oxyrhynchus, the South African sharp-nosed frog, is a widespread African frog in the family Ptychadenidae.

Mozambique ridged frog
Ptychadenidae

Mozambique ridged frog

Ptychadena mossambica (Peters, 1854)

Ptychadena mossambica is a frog species identifiable by key morphological traits, found across southern and eastern Africa.

Anchieta's Ridged Frog
Ptychadenidae

Anchieta's Ridged Frog

Ptychadena anchietae (Bocage, 1868)

Ptychadena anchietae, or Anchieta's ridged frog, is a Ptychadenidae frog found across much of sub-Saharan Africa in many habitat types.

Mascarene Ridged Frog
Ptychadenidae

Mascarene Ridged Frog

Ptychadena mascareniensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

Ptychadena mascareniensis, the Mascarene grass frog, is a Ptychadenidae frog found across sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and Mauritius.

Nile Ridged Frog
Ptychadenidae

Nile Ridged Frog

Ptychadena nilotica (Seetzen, 1855)

Ptychadena nilotica is a Ptychadenidae frog found across northeastern and central Africa in a range of wet and dry habitats.

Kottigehara Dancing Frog
Micrixalidae

Kottigehara Dancing Frog

Micrixalus kottigeharensis (Rao, 1937)

Micrixalus kottigeharensis is an endemic frog of India's central Western Ghats threatened by habitat loss.

Golden Puddle Frog
Phrynobatrachidae

Golden Puddle Frog

Phrynobatrachus auritus Boulenger, 1900

Phrynobatrachus auritus, the golden puddle frog, is a Phrynobatrachidae frog threatened by habitat loss across central Africa.

Eastern puddle frog
Phrynobatrachidae

Eastern puddle frog

Phrynobatrachus acridoides (Cope, 1867)

Phrynobatrachus acridoides is an adaptable African puddle frog common across most of its range, found in savanna, grassland, and coastal habitats.

Mababe puddle frog
Phrynobatrachidae

Mababe puddle frog

Phrynobatrachus mababiensis FitzSimons, 1932

The Mababe puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus mababiensis) is a Phrynobatrachidae frog found across much of southern and eastern Africa.

Natal Puddle Frog
Phrynobatrachidae

Natal Puddle Frog

Phrynobatrachus natalensis (Smith, 1849)

Phrynobatrachus natalensis, the Natal dwarf puddle frog, is a small warty African frog with distinct physical and breeding traits.

Tukeit Hill Frog
Allophrynidae

Tukeit Hill Frog

Allophryne ruthveni Gaige, 1926

Allophryne ruthveni, the Tukeit Hill frog, is a small variable-coloured frog that is superficially similar to tree frogs.

Marbled Wood Frog
Batrachylidae

Marbled Wood Frog

Batrachyla antartandica Barrio, 1967

Batrachyla antartandica is a Batrachylidae frog found in Argentina and Chile with terrestrial egg-laying and observed parental care.

Gray Wood Frog
Batrachylidae

Gray Wood Frog

Batrachyla leptopus Bell, 1843

Batrachyla leptopus is a Batrachylidae frog found in Argentina and Chile, recorded in varied habitats from 50 to 1100 m above sea level.

Banded Wood Frog
Batrachylidae

Banded Wood Frog

Batrachyla taeniata (Girard, 1855)

Batrachyla taeniata is a Batrachylidae frog found in Argentina and Chile, with male parental care for its rain-dependent tadpoles.

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