Anchieta's Ridged Frog
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Anchieta's Ridged Frog

Ptychadena anchietae

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Kruger National Park
139 Verified records at Kruger National Park
October Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

Anchieta's ridged frog or plain grass frog (Ptychadena anchietae) is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, and possibly Rwanda. Its natural habitats are 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, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, hot deserts, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, and ponds. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Anchieta's Ridged Frog sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 139 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kruger National Park

Mozambique ridged frog
LC

Mozambique ridged frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Ptychadena mossambica

5–10% · With luck
Sharp-nosed ridged frog
LC

Sharp-nosed ridged frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Ptychadena oxyrhynchus

Insufficient data
Nile Ridged Frog
LC

Nile Ridged Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Ptychadena nilotica

Insufficient data
Ornate frog
LC

Ornate frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Hildebrandtia ornata

<5% · Rare
Grey Foam-nest Treefrog
LC

Grey Foam-nest Treefrog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Chiromantis xerampelina

30–40% · Possible
Painted Reed Frog
LC

Painted Reed Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Hyperolius marmoratus

10–20% · With luck
Garman's Toad
LC

Garman's Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Sclerophrys garmani

10–20% · With luck
African Split-skin Toad
LC

African Split-skin Toad

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Schismaderma carens

10–20% · With luck
Red-Banded Rubber Frog
LC

Red-Banded Rubber Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Phrynomantis bifasciatus

10–20% · With luck
Edible bullfrog
LC

Edible bullfrog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Pyxicephalus edulis

5–10% · With luck
Common Rain Frog
LC

Common Rain Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Breviceps adspersus

5–10% · With luck
Senegal Kassina
LC

Senegal Kassina

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Kassina senegalensis

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
5–10
Feb
10–20
Mar
5–10
Apr
10–20
May
5–10
Jun
5–10
Jul
5–10
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙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 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
20–30%
2 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
20–30%
3 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
4 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
5 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
6 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
7 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
8 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
9 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
10 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
11 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
12 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
13 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
14 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
15 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
16 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
17 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
18 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
19 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
20 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
21 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
22 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
23 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Insufficient data
24 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
25 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
26 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Anchieta's Ridged Frog in Kruger National Park?

About 13% of wildlife watchers report a Anchieta's Ridged Frog sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 139 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Anchieta's Ridged Frog in Kruger National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Anchieta's Ridged Frog in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.

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