Red-Banded Rubber Frog
Red-Banded Rubber FrogRed-Banded Rubber FrogRed-Banded Rubber FrogRed-Banded Rubber Frog

Red-Banded Rubber Frog

Phrynomantis bifasciatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Waterberg Plateau Park
1 Verified records at Waterberg Plateau Park
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

The banded rubber frog (Phrynomantis bifasciatus) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is found in central and southern Africa. Its natural habitats are 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, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches. The female can reach a maximum size of 65 mm whereas the tadpoles can reach a size of 37 mm. The maximum size of the male is yet unknown, but sizes differ from 45 mm to 68 mm. Characteristics: Greyish underside with white spots (sometimes not apparent). Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Waterberg Plateau Park

Tandy's sand frog
LC

Tandy's sand frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Tomopterna tandyi

Insufficient data
African Clawed Frog
LC

African Clawed Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Xenopus laevis

Insufficient data
Boettger's dainty frog
LC

Boettger's dainty frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Cacosternum boettgeri

Insufficient data
Giant bullfrog
LC

Giant bullfrog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Pyxicephalus adspersus

Insufficient data
Power's Toad
LC

Power's Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Sclerophrys poweri

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Red-Banded Rubber Frog at Waterberg Plateau Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
2 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
3 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
4 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
5 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
6 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
7 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
Insufficient data
8 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
Insufficient data
9 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
10 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
11 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
12 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
13 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
14 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
15 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
16 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
17 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
18 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
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