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title: "Rose's Rain Frog"
description: "Breviceps rosei — Amphibians. Rose's rain frog or Rose's rainfrog (Breviceps rosei) is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/rose-s-rain-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rose's Rain Frog

> Breviceps rosei — Amphibians. Rose's rain frog or Rose's rainfrog (Breviceps rosei) is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae.

- Scientific name: *Breviceps rosei*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 566
- Wikidata: [Q2275465](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2275465)
- iNaturalist taxon: [24992](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24992)

## Names

- en: Rose's Rain Frog
- es: Rana de lluvia rechoncha de arena
- nl: Rose's rain frog

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (136)

## Summary

Rose's rain frog or Rose's rainfrog (Breviceps rosei) is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae.
It is endemic to the sandveld of south-western coastal South Africa. It is less-frequently known as Rose's short-headed frog, Rose's Blaasop, or the sand rain frog. Some treat Breviceps fasciatus as a synonym of this species, although other authorities have expressed doubt.
Frogs in this species spend most of their lives in subterranean nests under sandy ground, where they lay their eggs. They surface during heavy rain. They cannot swim, and are not found in water. Tadpoles develop inside the eggs and hatch as…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose%27s_rain_frog

## Photo

![Rose's Rain Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rose-s-rain-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51072382

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rose-s-rain-frog?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).