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title: "Common River Frog"
description: "Amietia delalandii — Anfibios. Amietia delalandii, also known as the Delalande's river frog, the Drakensberg frog, Drakensberg river frog, or Sani Pass frog, is a species of southern African river frog in the family Pyxicephalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/common-river-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common River Frog

> Amietia delalandii — Anfibios. Amietia delalandii, also known as the Delalande's river frog, the Drakensberg frog, Drakensberg river frog, or Sani Pass frog, is a species of southern African river frog in the family Pyxicephalidae.

- Scientific name: *Amietia delalandii*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibios)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 3035
- Wikidata: [Q61694980](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61694980)
- iNaturalist taxon: [517357](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/517357)

## Names

- en: Common River Frog
- de: Delalandes Flussfrosch

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2340), MW (91), ZW (82), LS (26), SZ (22), MZ (21), ZM (10)

## Summary

Amietia delalandii, also known as the Delalande's river frog, the Drakensberg frog, Drakensberg river frog, or Sani Pass frog, is a species of southern African river frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and possibly Zambia. It is the sister species to A. vertebralis.

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

## Photo

![Common River Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-river-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9740850

## Machine access

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