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title: "Natal sand frog"
description: "Tomopterna natalensis — Amphibien. The Natal sand frog (Tomopterna natalensis) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/natal-sand-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Natal sand frog

> Tomopterna natalensis — Amphibien. The Natal sand frog (Tomopterna natalensis) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae.

- Scientific name: *Tomopterna natalensis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld), `freshwater` (See & Fluss), `farm` (Bauernhof), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 645
- Wikidata: [Q2246179](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2246179)
- iNaturalist taxon: [25801](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/25801)

## Names

- en: Natal sand frog
- nl: Natal sand frog

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (556), SZ (17)

## Summary

The Natal sand frog (Tomopterna natalensis) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae.
It is found in Mozambique, South Africa, and Eswatini, and possibly Botswana, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, and ponds.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natal_sand_frog

## Photo

![Natal sand frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/natal-sand-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Prince Molokomme · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/324109497

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/natal-sand-frog?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).