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title: "Natal Puddle Frog"
description: "Phrynobatrachus natalensis — Amfibieën. The Natal dwarf puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis) is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/natal-puddle-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Natal Puddle Frog

> Phrynobatrachus natalensis — Amfibieën. The Natal dwarf puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis) is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae.

- Scientific name: *Phrynobatrachus natalensis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1310
- Wikidata: [Q640592](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q640592)
- iNaturalist taxon: [25383](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/25383)

## Names

- en: Natal Puddle Frog
- de: Natal-Zwergpfützenfrosch
- es: Rana de Charco Enana de Natal

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (643), ZM (69), ZW (38), MW (29), RW (29), NG (23), TZ (21), KE (17), UG (16), AO (10), MZ (9), SZ (8)

## Summary

The Natal dwarf puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis) is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burkina Faso, Chad, Lesotho, and Mauritania.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or…

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

## Photo

![Natal Puddle Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/natal-puddle-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60704845

## Machine access

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