#1981 · 🐸 amphibians
Cape River Frog
🇳🇱 Cape river frog ·Amietia fuscigula
📍 Overberg District Municipality, South Africa
📍 Silver Mine (Nature Reserve), Cape Town, South Africa
📍 Wynberg NU (2), Cape Town, 7824, South Africa
📍 Limietberg, Drakenstein Municipality, South Africa
📍 Odenshoek, Pietersfontein, Montagu, Western Cape
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Colin Ralston · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Alex Rebelo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Alex Rebelo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Tony Rebelo · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Martina Hölzl, Littlewood Wildlife Photography · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Overberg District Municipality, South Africa:© MB · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Silver Mine (Nature Reserve), Cape Town, South Africa:© karmer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Wynberg NU (2), Cape Town, 7824, South Africa:© tessabrunette · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Limietberg, Drakenstein Municipality, South Africa:© Justin Hawthorne · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Odenshoek, Pietersfontein, Montagu, Western Cape:© Marion Maclean · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Cape river frog ( Amietia fuscigula ) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae named for the Cape of Good Hope. It was formerly placed in the family Ranidae. It occurs widely in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces of South Africa. A newly described species, A. poyntoni , was split from this species in 2013.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,851 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Gabriel Bibron in 1841 (185 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Cape River Frog
- Nederlands
- Cape river frog
- scientific name
- Amietia fuscigula
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Pyxicephalidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,851
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1841 by Gabriel Bibron
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 64912, Wikidata Q2212225, GBIF 2429955, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.