The Natural History Society of Swaziland

Fauna and Flora: Reptiles

Wild Swaziland's Amphibian Species List below can be downloaded, free of charge, from the following links:

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The Amphibian Species List:

LIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS OF SWAZILAND

(List for “Wild Swaziland”)

Compiled by Richard Boycott - January 2006

Family PIPIDAE (Platannas)

Common Platanna (Xenopus laevis)

Tropical Platanna (Xenopus muelleri)

Family HELEOPHRYNIDAE (Ghost Frogs)

Natal Ghost Frog (Heleophryne natalensis)

Family BUFONIDAE (Toads)

Drakensberg Toad (Bufo nubicolus)

Guttural Toad (Bufo gutturalis)

Flatbacked Toad (Bufo maculatus)

Eastern Olive Toad (Bufo garmani)

Raucous Toad (Bufo rangeri)

Pygmy Toad (Bufo fenoulheti)

Red Toad (Schismaderma carens)

Family MICROHYLIDAE (Rain Frogs and Rubber Frogs)

Plaintive Rain Frog (Breviceps verrucosus)

Bushveld Rain Frog (Breviceps adspersus)

Mozambique Rain Frog (Breviceps mossambicus)

Whistling Rain Frog (Breviceps sopranus)

Banded Rubber Frog (Phrynomantis bifasciatus)

Family RANIDAE (Typical frogs)

†Giant Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) – extinct since the 1980s

African Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis)

Tremelo Sand Frog (Tomopterna cryptotis)

Knocking Sand Frog (Tomopterna krugerensis)

Natal Sand Frog (Tomopterna natalensis)

Common River Frog (Afrana angolensis)

Clicking Stream Frog (Strongylopus grayii)

Striped Stream Frog (Strongylopus fasciatus)

Ornate Burrowing Frog (Hildebrandtia ornata)

Sharp-nosed Grass Frog (Ptychadena oxyrhynchus)

Plain Grass Frog (Ptychadena anchietae)

Striped Grass Frog (Ptychadena porosissima)

Broad-banded Grass Frog (Ptychadena mossambica)

Family PETROPEDETIDAE (Puddle Frogs and Cacos)

Common Caco (Cacosternum boettgeri)

Bronze Caco (Cacosternum nanum)

Dwarf Caco (Cacosternum parvum)

Snoring Puddle Frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis)

Dwarf Puddle Frog (Phrynobatrachus mababiensis)

Family RHACOPHORIDAE (Foam Nest Frogs)

Foam Nest Tree Frog (Chiromantis xerampelina)

Family HEMISOTIDAE (Shovel-nosed Frogs)

Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog (Hemisus marmoratus)

Family HYPEROLIIDAE (Tree Frogs, Kassinas and Reed Frogs)

Brown-backed Tree Frog (Leptopelis mossambicus)

Red-legged Kassina (Kassina maculata)

Bubbling Kassina (Kassina senegalensis)

Long-toed Running Frog (Semnodactylus wealii)

Golden Leaf-folding Frog (Afrixalus aureus)

Yellow-striped Reed Frog (Hyperolius semidiscus)

Green Reed Frog (Hyperolius tuberilinguis)

Water Lily Frog (Hyperolius pusillus)

Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus)

Number of species = 44

Compiled by Richard Boycott - January 2006