Natal Puddle Frog
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Natal Puddle Frog

Phrynobatrachus natalensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Kafue National Park
1 Verified records at Kafue National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Natal dwarf puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis) is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burkina Faso, Chad, Lesotho, and Mauritania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kafue National Park

Mababe puddle frog
LC

Mababe puddle frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Phrynobatrachus mababiensis

Insufficient data
Grey Foam-nest Treefrog
LC

Grey Foam-nest Treefrog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Chiromantis xerampelina

40–50% · Likely
African Split-skin Toad
LC

African Split-skin Toad

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Schismaderma carens

Insufficient data
Senegal Kassina
LC

Senegal Kassina

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Kassina senegalensis

Insufficient data
Kivu Reed Frog
LC

Kivu Reed Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Hyperolius kivuensis

Insufficient data
Red-Banded Rubber Frog
LC

Red-Banded Rubber Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Phrynomantis bifasciatus

Insufficient data
Anchieta's Ridged Frog
LC

Anchieta's Ridged Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Ptychadena anchietae

Insufficient data
Powers Clawed Frog
LC

Powers Clawed Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Xenopus poweri

Insufficient data
Bocage's Tree Frog
LC

Bocage's Tree Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Leptopelis bocagii

Insufficient data
African Common Toad
LC

African Common Toad

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Sclerophrys gutturalis

Insufficient data
Margined Reed Frog
LC

Margined Reed Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Hyperolius marginatus

Insufficient data
Angolan Reed Frog
LC

Angolan Reed Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Hyperolius parallelus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Natal Puddle Frog at Kafue National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
20–30%
2 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
5–10%
3 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
4 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
5 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
Insufficient data
6 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
7 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
8 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
9 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
10 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
11 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
Insufficient data
12 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
13 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
14 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
15 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
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