#1861 · 🐸 amphibians
Painted Reed Frog
🇳🇱 Gemarmerde rietkikker ·Hyperolius marmoratus
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- 1. © Heather and Andrew Hodgson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Wynand Uys · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © fayne · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © vanrensk · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Corné Rautenbach · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Heather and Andrew Hodgson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Colin Ralston · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Bart Wursten · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. © Bart Wursten · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 10. © Colin Ralston · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The marbled reed frog or painted reed frog ( Hyperolius marmoratus ) is a species of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe, and Botswana, Lesotho, and Tanzania. It occurs in a wide range of natural habitats, including forests, savannas, shrublands, grasslands, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and intermittent freshwater lakes. It coexists well with humans, and is also found in pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas. Its range appears to be...
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.
- 7,975 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Wilhelm Ludwig von Rapp in 1842 (184 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Painted Reed Frog
- Nederlands
- Gemarmerde rietkikker
- scientific name
- Hyperolius marmoratus
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Hyperoliidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1
- sightings worldwide
- 7,975
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1842 by Wilhelm Ludwig von Rapp
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 23331, Wikidata Q2246059, GBIF 5217671, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.