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title: "Common Reed Frog"
description: "Hyperolius viridiflavus — Amfibieën. The common reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus) is a species of tree frogs in the family Hyperoliidae found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, and possibly the Central African Republic, Chad, and Eritrea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-reed-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Reed Frog

> Hyperolius viridiflavus — Amfibieën. The common reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus) is a species of tree frogs in the family Hyperoliidae found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, and possibly the Central African Republic, Chad, and Eritrea.

- Scientific name: *Hyperolius viridiflavus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 876
- Wikidata: [Q2246086](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2246086)
- iNaturalist taxon: [134942](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/134942)

## Names

- en: Common Reed Frog
- de: Prachtriedfrosch

## Countries with the most observations

KE (181), TZ (90), UG (60), RW (56), ET (20), MW (15), ZM (9), NG (4)

## Summary

The common reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus) is a species of tree frogs in the family Hyperoliidae found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, and possibly the Central African Republic, Chad, and Eritrea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68264219

## Machine access

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