Banana Frogs
Afrixalus
Afrixalus (commonly known as the banana frogs, spiny reed frog, cat's eye reed frogs, or leaf-folding frogs, or) is a genus of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. They occur in the Subsaharan Africa. They lay their eggs in vegetation above water, often folding leaves around the eggs for protection—hence the common name "leaf-folding frogs".
36 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 36 known species
Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus fornasini
Delicate Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus delicatus
Brown Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus dorsalis
Four-lined Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus quadrivittatus
Natal Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus spinifrons
Golden Dwarf Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus aureus
Knysna Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus knysnae
Banded Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus fulvovittatus
Zimbabwe Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus crotalus
Pyjama Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus vittiger
Spotted Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus dorsimaculatus
Short-legged Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus brachycnemis
Foulassi Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus paradorsalis
De Witte's Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus wittei
Stuhlmann's Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus stuhlmanni
Nigeria Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus nigeriensis
Osorio's Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus osorioi
Clarke's banana frog
speciesAfrixalus clarkei
Smooth Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus laevis
Morere's Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus morerei
Uluguru Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus uluguruensis
Northern Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus septentrionalis
Kivu Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus orophilus
Milky Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus lacteus
Ethiopian Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus enseticola
Forest Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus sylvaticus
Manengouba Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus manengubensis
Weidholz's Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus weidholzi
Congo Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus equatorialis
Afrixalus phantasma
speciesAfrixalus phantasma
Nimba banana frog
speciesAfrixalus vibekensis
Speckled Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus leucostictus
Afrixalus lacustris
speciesAfrixalus lacustris
Schneider's Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus schneideri
Lindholm's Banana Frog
speciesAfrixalus lindholmi
Upemba Spiny Reed Frog
speciesAfrixalus upembae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 23449.