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title: "Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog"
description: "Hemisus marmoratus — Anfibi. The marbled snout-burrower (Hemisus marmoratus) is a species of frog in the family Hemisotidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mottled-shovel-nosed-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog

> Hemisus marmoratus — Anfibi. The marbled snout-burrower (Hemisus marmoratus) is a species of frog in the family Hemisotidae.

- Scientific name: *Hemisus marmoratus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `grassland` (Prati e campi), `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 479
- Wikidata: [Q1994247](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1994247)
- iNaturalist taxon: [24462](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24462)

## Names

- en: Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog
- de: Marmorierter Ferkelfrosch
- nl: Bigkikker

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (164), MZ (74), MW (35), TZ (35), ZW (29), ZM (25), KE (20), BW (12), BJ (5), ET (3), SZ (3)

## Summary

The marbled snout-burrower (Hemisus marmoratus) is a species of frog in the family Hemisotidae.
It is found in sub-Saharan Africa.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is also called the mottled shovelnose frog and marbled shovelnose…

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

## Photo

![Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mottled-shovel-nosed-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kelly Abram · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130266405

## Machine access

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