Species group · Amphibians

Frogs

WAnimals has 47 species of frog, spread across 24 families (Arthroleptidae, Brevicipitidae, Centrolenidae, Ceratobatrachidae, Ceratophryidae, Conrauidae, Dendrobatidae, Heleophrynidae, Hemiphractidae, Hylidae, Hyperoliidae, Leptodactylidae, Micrixalidae, Microhylidae, Myobatrachidae, Nasikabatrachidae, Phrynobatrachidae, Phyllomedusidae, Pipidae, Pyxicephalidae, Ranidae, Rhacophoridae, Rhinodermatidae, Telmatobiidae).

47 species

24 families

145 countries

528 parks

Weight: 1 g – 5 kg
Length: 1.7 cm – 32 cm
Lifespan: 4 – 35 years

Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 47.

All 47 species of frogs on WAnimals

Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Red-eyed Treefrog

Agalychnis callidryas

9 countries6 parks

Critically Endangered

Titicaca Water Frog

Telmatobius culeus

7 countries1 dive site

Southern Darwin's Frog

Rhinoderma darwinii

2 countries4 parks

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

35 countries29 parks7 dive sites

Giant Slippery Frog

Conraua goliath

21 countries4 parks

Tungara Frog

Physalaemus pustulosus

11 countries45 parks

Snoring Puddle Frog

Phrynobatrachus natalensis

13 countries14 parks

Mission Golden-eyed Treefrog

Trachycephalus resinifictrix

12 countries27 parks

African Clawed Frog

Xenopus laevis

53 countries19 parks

Water Frogs

Pelophylax kl. esculentus

48 countries41 parks

Hairy Frog

Trichobatrachus robustus

7 countries8 parks

Fleischmann's Glass Frog

Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni

11 countries45 parks

Rufous Frog

Leptodactylus fuscus

13 countries7 parks

Zaire Dwarf Clawed Frog

Hymenochirus boettgeri

7 countries18 parks

Giant Bullfrog

Pyxicephalus adspersus

43 countries36 parks

Agile Frog

Rana dalmatina

45 countries40 parks

Common Frog

Rana temporaria

45 countries206 parks

Lesser Bull-frog

Pyxicephalus edulis

11 countries45 parks

Near Threatened

Abah River Flying Frog

Rhacophorus nigropalmatus

13 countries14 parks

Dyeing Poison Frog

Dendrobates tinctorius

12 countries5 parks

Bushveld Rain Frog

Breviceps adspersus

8 countries14 parks

Strawberry Poison Frog

Oophaga pumilio

8 countries10 parks

Painted-belly Leaf Frog

Phyllomedusa sauvagii

4 countries7 parks

Near Threatened

Argentinean Horned Frog

Ceratophrys ornata

3 countries6 parks

Cuban Treefrog

Osteopilus septentrionalis

6 countries15 parks

White's Tree Frog

Litoria caerulea

3 countries25 parks

Gray Treefrog

Dryophytes versicolor

2 countries28 parks

Korean Brown Frog

Rana coreana

5 countries16 parks

Wood Frog

Lithobates sylvaticus

2 countries45 parks

Green and Black Poison Frog

Dendrobates auratus

5 countries13 parks

Purple Frog

Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis

1 country4 parks

Perez's Frog

Pelophylax perezi

4 countries47 parks

Northern Leopard Frog

Lithobates pipiens

3 countries40 parks

Granular Poison Frog

Oophaga granulifera

2 countries7 parks

Iberian Frog

Rana iberica

2 countries14 parks

Green Frog

Rana clamitans

2 countries27 parks

Purcell's Ghost Frog

Heleophryne purcelli

1 country6 parks

Common Marsupial Frog

Gastrotheca ovifera

1 country6 parks

Pyrenean Frog

Rana pyrenaica

3 countries2 parks

Near Threatened

Fiji Tree Frog

Platymantis vitiensis

1 country2 parks

Painted Reed Frog

Hyperolius marmoratus

Malaysian Narrowmouth Toad

Kaloula pulchra

Java Whipping Frog

Polypedates leucomystax

Dune Squeaker

Arthroleptis stenodactylus

Southern Gastric Brooding Frog

Rheobatrachus silus

Golden Poison Frog

Phyllobates terribilis

Near Threatened

Kalakkad Dancing Frog

Micrixalus fuscus

Conservation status

32 Least Concern6 Endangered4 Near Threatened2 Vulnerable1 Critically Endangered1 Not Evaluated1 Extinct

9 especies in this group están en alguna categoría de riesgo real según la UICN.

See the global conservation status

Where they live

Recorded in 145 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…

It lays its eggs on leaves overhanging pools, and the tadpoles hatch and drop straight into the water when they feel the vibrations of an approaching predator.
From Red-eyed Treefrog
Its embryos decide when to hatch: if a snake attacks the clutch, the tadpoles sense the vibration and hatch all at once up to three days early, dropping into the water to escape. They can tell a predator's vibration from that of rain or wind.
From Red-eyed Treefrog
Its colouring is what is known as startle coloration: by day it is entirely green and invisible, and when disturbed it snaps open its red eyes and flashes its blue and orange flanks, a burst that throws the predator long enough for it to leap away.
From Red-eyed Treefrog
Its heavily folded skin increases its surface area, so it can absorb more dissolved oxygen straight from the cold, oxygen-poor water of Lake Titicaca.
From Titicaca Water Frog
It breathes through its skin: its lungs are reduced almost to uselessness and the skin forms hanging folds that multiply the surface available for oxygen exchange, an adaptation needed to live at nearly four thousand metres where the water holds little oxygen. It never surfaces to breathe.
From Titicaca Water Frog
It does press-ups to breathe better: when oxygen runs short it bobs rhythmically on the bottom to refresh the water around its skin folds.
From Titicaca Water Frog
The male broods the fertilised eggs inside his own vocal sac until the young complete their metamorphosis.
From Southern Darwin's Frog
The male swallows the tadpoles and raises them inside his vocal sac: they stay there six or seven weeks feeding on secretions from its walls, and emerge from their father's mouth as fully formed froglets. There is nothing like it in any other vertebrate.
From Southern Darwin's Frog

Ecosystems

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