Natal Puddle Frog
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Natal Puddle Frog

Phrynobatrachus natalensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Virunga National Park
7 Verified records at Virunga National Park
October Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Natal dwarf puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis) is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burkina Faso, Chad, Lesotho, and Mauritania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Natal Puddle Frog sighting in Virunga National Park, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Virunga National Park

Vissoke River Frog
LC

Vissoke River Frog

Amphibian

Phrynobatrachus bequaerti

Insufficient data
Kivu Reed Frog
LC

Kivu Reed Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Hyperolius kivuensis

5–10% · With luck
Common Reed Frog
LC

Common Reed Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Hyperolius viridiflavus

5–10% · With luck
Gong Rock Frog
LC Endemic

Gong Rock Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Hyperolius glandicolor

5–10% · With luck
Nile Ridged Frog
LC

Nile Ridged Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Ptychadena nilotica

5–10% · With luck
Kisolo Toad
LC

Kisolo Toad

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Sclerophrys kisoloensis

5–10% · With luck
Kisenyi Forest Tree Frog
LC

Kisenyi Forest Tree Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Leptopelis kivuensis

5–10% · Rare
🐸 No photo available
LC

Montane Spiny Reed Frog

Amphibian

Afrixalus orophilus

Insufficient data
African Common Toad
LC

African Common Toad

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Sclerophrys gutturalis

Insufficient data
Anchieta's Ridged Frog
LC

Anchieta's Ridged Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Ptychadena anchietae

Insufficient data
Rugegewald Screeching Frog
LC

Rugegewald Screeching Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Arthroleptis adolfifriederici

Insufficient data
Secteur Munsenene Reed Frog
LC

Secteur Munsenene Reed Frog

Amphibian

Hyperolius lateralis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
10–20
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
10–20
Sep
20–30
Oct
20–30
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
20–30%
2 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
5–10%
3 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
4 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
5 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
Insufficient data
6 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
7 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
8 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
9 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
10 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
11 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
Insufficient data
12 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
13 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
14 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
15 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Natal Puddle Frog in Virunga National Park?

About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Natal Puddle Frog sighting in Virunga National Park, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Natal Puddle Frog in Virunga National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Natal Puddle Frog in Virunga National Park in our monthly data.

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