Crowned bullfrog
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Crowned bullfrog

Hoplobatrachus occipitalis

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

The crowned bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus occipitalis) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in the Sub-Saharan Africa (Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, and Zambia). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland 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, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Nyungwe National Park

Brown Reed Frog
LC

Brown Reed Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Hyperolius castaneus

30–40% · Possible
Kisenyi Forest Tree Frog
LC

Kisenyi Forest Tree Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Leptopelis kivuensis

Insufficient data
Rugegewald Screeching Frog
LC

Rugegewald Screeching Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Arthroleptis adolfifriederici

Insufficient data
Eastern Flat-backed Toad
LC

Eastern Flat-backed Toad

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Sclerophrys pusilla

Insufficient data
Yellow-Bellied Ridged Frog
LC

Yellow-Bellied Ridged Frog

Amphibian

Ptychadena chrysogaster

Insufficient data
🐸 No photo available
NT

Mukuzira Long-fingered Frog

Amphibian

Cardioglossa cyaneospila

Insufficient data
Highland Reed Frog
LC

Highland Reed Frog

Amphibian

Hyperolius discodactylus

Insufficient data
De Witte's Clawed Frog
LC

De Witte's Clawed Frog

Amphibian

Xenopus wittei

Insufficient data
Angolan Reed Frog
LC

Angolan Reed Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Hyperolius parallelus

Insufficient data
Müller's Platanna
LC

Müller's Platanna

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Xenopus muelleri

Insufficient data
Nutt's River Frog
LC

Nutt's River Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Amietia nutti

Insufficient data
Nile Ridged Frog
LC

Nile Ridged Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Ptychadena nilotica

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

📊

Fewer than 5 records of Crowned bullfrog at Nyungwe 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 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
2 Taï National Park 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
Insufficient data
3 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
Insufficient data
4 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
5 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
6 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
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