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title: "Blaaskikker"
description: "Breviceps adspersus — Amfibieën. Breviceps adspersus, also known as common rain frog, bushveld rain frog, and many other vernacular names, is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-rain-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blaaskikker

> Breviceps adspersus — Amfibieën. Breviceps adspersus, also known as common rain frog, bushveld rain frog, and many other vernacular names, is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae.

- Scientific name: *Breviceps adspersus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 561
- Wikidata: [Q2571127](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2571127)
- iNaturalist taxon: [25001](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/25001)

## Names

- en: Common Rain Frog
- de: Gesprenkelter Kurzkopffrosch
- es: Rana de lluvia rechoncha común
- nl: Blaaskikker
- pl: Podeszczowik południowoafrykański

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (323), BW (31), NA (18), ZW (13), SZ (6)

## Summary

Breviceps adspersus, also known as common rain frog, bushveld rain frog, and many other vernacular names, is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae. It is found in Southern Africa, in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini, and Mozambique.

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

## Photo

![Blaaskikker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-rain-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10918855

## Machine access

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