---
title: "Purple Climber Crab"
description: "Metopograpsus frontalis — Andere dieren. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/purple-climber-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purple Climber Crab

> Metopograpsus frontalis — Andere dieren. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Metopograpsus frontalis*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1750
- Wikidata: [Q13849527](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13849527)
- iNaturalist taxon: [368926](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/368926)

## Names

- en: Purple Climber Crab

## Countries with the most observations

HK (303), AU (269), CN (60), TW (25), TH (23), SG (10), PH (6), MY (4), VN (4), IN (3)

## Photo

![Purple Climber Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-climber-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Сергей · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275506136

## Machine access

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