Giant Rain Frog
Breviceps gibbosus
The cape rain frog or giant rain frog (Breviceps gibbosus) is a species of frog in the Brevicipitidae family. Adults grow up to 45 mm in length. It was the first African frog species to be scientifically described by Linnaeus in 1758, under the name Rana gibbosa. It is the most common and largest of rain frogs.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 24999.