Common Rain Frog

About the Common Rain Frog

Breviceps adspersus, also known as common rain frog, bushveld rain frog, and many other vernacular names, is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae. It is found in Southern Africa, in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini, and Mozambique. The common rain frog is brownish-green and has a round body and stumpy legs. It cannot jump or swim. It has sharply rigid metatarsal tubercles that are used to dig deep burrows. The species has significant sexual dimorphism. Males are 30–47 mm in length, while females are usually larger, at 40–60 mm. There are two types of common rain frog, Breviceps adspersus adspersus and Breviceps adspersus pentheri of which B. adspersus is found mostly in southeast Africa and B. pentheri in the southern regions of Africa. It is difficult to assert that the two are a subspecies; however, they are still distinguished as such because of differences in colouration and markings.

The common rain frog inhabits temperate forests and open grasslands of Southeast Africa. They spend the dry winter months in burrows and emerge after rain to feed and mate, usually... Wikipedia →