Rain Frogs
Breviceps
Breviceps is a genus of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. They are commonly known as rain frogs or short-headed frogs. They occur in the arid to semiarid East and Southern Africa.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 21 known species
Mountain Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps montanus
Rose's Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps rosei
Common Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps adspersus
Giant Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps gibbosus
Mozambique Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps mossambicus
Black Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps fuscus
Plaintive Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps verrucosus
Namaqua Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps namaquensis
Forest Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps sylvestris
Strawberry Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps acutirostris
Power's Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps poweri
Ndumo Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps passmorei
Thicket Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps pentheri
Carruthers' Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps carruthersi
Whistling Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps sopranus
Desert Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps macrops
Highland Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps fichus
Breviceps ombelanonga
speciesBreviceps ombelanonga
Breviceps batrachophiliorum
speciesBreviceps batrachophiliorum
Bilbo's Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps bagginsi
Branch's Rain Frog
speciesBreviceps branchi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 24989.