Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Brevicipitidae > Breviceps > Breviceps gibbosusBreviceps gibbosus (Rain frog)Synonyms: Bombinator gibbosus; Buffo gibbosus; Bufo dorsatus; Bufo gibbosus; Engystoma dorsatum; Engystoma gibbosa; Rana gibbosa; Systoma gibbosum 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. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 21.05 EDGE Score: 4.48 |
Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Litter Size [1] | 30 | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 3.15 inches (8 cm) |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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