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title: "Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog"
description: "Afrixalus fornasini — Anfíbios. Afrixalus fornasini is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae and is native to Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/fornasini-s-spiny-reed-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog

> Afrixalus fornasini — Anfíbios. Afrixalus fornasini is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae and is native to Africa.

- Scientific name: *Afrixalus fornasini*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfíbios)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 894
- Wikidata: [Q1946469](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1946469)
- iNaturalist taxon: [23455](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/23455)

## Names

- en: Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog
- de: Ostafrikanischer Bananenfrosch
- es: Afrixalus fornasinii
- nl: Stekelige bladvouwkikker

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (565), MZ (101), TZ (58), MW (48), KE (12), SZ (5)

## Summary

Afrixalus fornasini is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae and is native to Africa. Its common name is Fornasini's spiny reed frog or the greater leaf-folding frog
The specific epithet fornasini is in honour of Italian amateur naturalist Carlo Antonio Fornasini, who collected the type specimen.

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

## Photo

![Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fornasini-s-spiny-reed-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22591433

## Machine access

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