Breviceps adspersus

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Common Rain Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Microhylidae Genus: Breviceps Species: B. adspersus
Binomial name
Breviceps adspersus Peters, 1882

The Common Rain Frog (Breviceps adspersus) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations , and urban areas.

[edit] Source

• Minter, L., Channing, A., Poynton, J.C. & Harrison, J. 2004. Breviceps adspersus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.