Shovel-nosed Frog
Hemisus marmoratus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
- OrderAnura (Anurs)
- FamilyHemisotidae (Shovelnose Frogs)
- GenusHemisus (Shovelnose Frogs)
- SpeciesHemisus marmoratus (Shovel-nosed Frog)
The marbled snout-burrower (Hemisus marmoratus) is a species of frog in the family Hemisotidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is also called the mottled shovelnose frog and marbled shovelnose frog. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park
Guinea Snout-burrower
Hemisus guineensis
Grey Foam-nest Treefrog
Chiromantis xerampelina
Anchieta's Ridged Frog
Ptychadena anchietae
Giant bullfrog
Pyxicephalus adspersus
Edible bullfrog
Pyxicephalus edulis
African Split-skin Toad
Schismaderma carens
Power's Rain Frog
Breviceps poweri
Red-Banded Rubber Frog
Phrynomantis bifasciatus
Sharp-nosed ridged frog
Ptychadena oxyrhynchus
Marbled sand frog
Tomopterna marmorata
Mozambique ridged frog
Ptychadena mossambica
Margined Reed Frog
Hyperolius marginatus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Shovel-nosed Frog at Mana Pools National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · 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 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 5 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 7 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 10 | South Luangwa National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 11 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 16 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 17 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |