Frogs in South Africa

[Nick Evans]

These are some of the frogs I have found in KZN, South Africa, this season.

Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus taeniatus)





Tinker Reed Frog (Hyperolius tuberilinguis)




Waterlily Frog (Hyperolis pusilis)




Bronze Caco (Cacosternum nanum)





Greater Leaf-folding Frog (Afrixalus fornasinii)




Delicate Leaf-folding Frog (Afrixalus delicatus)




Natal Tree Frog (Leptopelis natalensis)




Southern Foam-Nest Frog (Chiromantis xerampelina)





Common Platanna (Xenopus laevis)




African or Edible Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis)





Banded Rubber Frogs (Phrynomantis bifasciatus) mating




Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog (Hemisus marmoratus)





Snoring Puddle Frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis)




Dwarf Puddle Frog (Phrynobatrachus mababiensis)






Mascarene Grass Frog (Ptychadena mascareniensis)





Broad-banded Grass Frog (Ptychadena mossambica)





Sharp-nosed Grass Frog (Ptychadena oxyrhynchus)




Common River Frog (Amietia angolensis)






Crab eating a Bubbling Kassina (Kassina Senegalensis)





Guttural Toad (Amietophrynus gutturalis)