Brevicipitidae (Rain frogs)

Family

Rain frogs

Brevicipitidae

14 species in our catalog · found in 10 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Taita Warty Frog
Endemic

Taita Warty Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Callulina dawida

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Black Rain Frog
LC Endemic

Black Rain Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Breviceps fuscus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Power's Rain Frog
LC

Power's Rain Frog

Amphibian

Breviceps poweri

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Mazumbai Warty Frog
EN Endemic

Mazumbai Warty Frog

Amphibian

Callulina kisiwamsitu

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Common Rain Frog
LC

Common Rain Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Breviceps adspersus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Giant Rain Frog
VU Endemic

Giant Rain Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Breviceps gibbosus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Mountain Rain Frog
LC Endemic

Mountain Rain Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Breviceps montanus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Thicket Rain Frog

Thicket Rain Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Breviceps pentheri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Ndumo Rain Frog

Ndumo Rain Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Breviceps passmorei

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Mozambique Rain Frog
LC

Mozambique Rain Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Breviceps mossambicus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Carruthers' Rain Frog

Carruthers' Rain Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Breviceps carruthersi

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Rose's Rain Frog
LC Endemic

Rose's Rain Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Breviceps rosei

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Whistling Rain Frog
LC

Whistling Rain Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Breviceps sopranus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Plaintive Rain Frog
LC

Plaintive Rain Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Breviceps verrucosus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%
Jan
~10%
Feb
~10%
Mar
<5%
Apr
~10%
May
~10%
Jun
<5%
Jul
~10%
Aug
~10%
Sep
~10%
Oct
~10%
Nov
~10%
Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

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Where to see Rain frogs

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#ParkCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 3
~20%
2 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 4
~20%
3 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 2
~20%
4 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 4
~20%
5 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya 1
~10%
6 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 1
~10%
7 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania 1
~10%
8 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya 1
~10%
9 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 1
~10%
10 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana 1
<5%