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title: "Afrikaanse stierkikker"
description: "Pyxicephalus adspersus — Amfibieën. The African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus), also known as the giant bullfrog or the South African burrowing frog, is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/giant-african-bullfrog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Afrikaanse stierkikker

> Pyxicephalus adspersus — Amfibieën. The African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus), also known as the giant bullfrog or the South African burrowing frog, is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae.

- Scientific name: *Pyxicephalus adspersus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 820
- Wikidata: [Q387319](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387319)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26196](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26196)

## Names

- en: Giant African Bullfrog
- de: Afrikanischer Ochsenfrosch
- es: Rana Toro Africana
- fr: Grenouille taureau africaine
- nl: Afrikaanse stierkikker
- pl: Buczek południowoafrykański

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (381), NA (65), BW (35), ZW (25), ZM (10), TZ (6), MZ (5)

## Summary

The African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus), also known as the giant bullfrog or the South African burrowing frog, is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is also known as the pixie frog due to its scientific name. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has been extirpated from Eswatini. It has long been confused with the edible bullfrog (P. edulis), and species boundaries between them, including exact range limits, are not fully understood. Additionally, P. angusticeps…

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

## Photo

![Afrikaanse stierkikker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-african-bullfrog/medium.jpg)

Photo: louiskameel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/323662885

## Machine access

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