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title: "Cape River Frog"
description: "Amietia fuscigula — Anfibi. The Cape river frog (Amietia fuscigula) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae named for the Cape of Good Hope."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/cape-river-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cape River Frog

> Amietia fuscigula — Anfibi. The Cape river frog (Amietia fuscigula) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae named for the Cape of Good Hope.

- Scientific name: *Amietia fuscigula*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 6701
- Wikidata: [Q2212225](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2212225)
- iNaturalist taxon: [64912](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64912)

## Names

- en: Cape River Frog
- de: Dunkelkehliger Flussfrosch
- nl: Cape river frog

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (6051)

## Summary

The Cape river frog (Amietia fuscigula) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae named for the Cape of Good Hope.  Formerly, it was 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.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: jordaan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178893751

## Machine access

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