Natal Puddle Frog
Phrynobatrachus natalensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
- OrderAnura (Anurs)
- FamilyPhrynobatrachidae (Puddle Frogs)
- GenusPhrynobatrachus (Puddle Frogs)
- SpeciesPhrynobatrachus natalensis (Natal Puddle Frog)
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 →
Closest Relatives at iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Mababe puddle frog
Phrynobatrachus mababiensis
Painted Reed Frog
Hyperolius marmoratus
Tinker Reed Frog
Hyperolius tuberilinguis
Natal Forest Tree Frog
Leptopelis natalensis
Water Lily Reed Frog
Hyperolius pusillus
argus reed frog
Hyperolius argus
African Common Toad
Sclerophrys gutturalis
Red-legged Wot-wot
Phlyctimantis maculatus
Common Squeaker
Arthroleptis stenodactylus
Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog
Afrixalus fornasini
Grey Foam-nest Treefrog
Chiromantis xerampelina
Mozambique Forest Tree Frog
Leptopelis mossambicus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Natal Puddle Frog at iSimangaliso Wetland Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
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 | |
| 2 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 6 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 7 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 8 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 10 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 12 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 15 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |