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Endangered Amphibians of Africa

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Amphibians
Common Name	Range ***
Abolokopatrika Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Acha Tugi Long-fingered Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
African Egg Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
African Painted Frog	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda
African True Toad	Liberia
African Viviparous Toad (11)	Montane environments in Tanzania, Tanzania
Afrixalus clarkei	Ethiopia
Afrixalus lacteus	Cameroon
Ahl's Reed Frog	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Alexteroon jynx	Cameroon
Algerian Ribbed Newt	Algeria, Tunisia
Allen's River Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Allen's Slippery Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Amani Forest Frog	Tanzania
Amatola Toad	South Africa
Ambohimitombo Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
Ambohitantely Stump-toed Frog	Madagascar
Amiet's Long-fingered Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
Amietophrynus djohongensis	Cameroon
Amietophrynus villiersi	Cameroon
Analabe Giant Treefrog	Madagascar
Andoany Stump-toed Frog	Madagascar
Andringitra Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Angel's Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Arlequinus krebsi	Cameroon
Arthroleptis francei	Malawi
Arum Reed Frog	South Africa
Astylosternus fallax	Cameroon
Astylosternus nganhanus	Cameroon
Astylosternus ranoides	Cameroon
Astylosternus schioetzi	Cameroon
Bakossi Reed Frog	Cameroon
Bale Mountains Frog	Ethiopia
Bale Mountains Tree Frog	Ethiopia
Bamboutos Egg Frog	Cameroon
Bamboutos Smalltongue Toad	Cameroon
Bamenda Reed Frog	Cameroon
Bamileke Plateau Frog	Cameroon
Barbour's Forest Treefrog	Tanzania
Beautiful Mantella	Madagascar
Benavony Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
Bendrao Digging Frog	Madagascar
Bernhard's Mantella	Madagascar
Betampona Burrowing Frog	Madagascar
Betsileo Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
Betsileo Digging Frog	Madagascar
Big-eyed Forest Treefrog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Black Long-fingered Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
Black-eared Mantella	Madagascar
Blackspotted Long-fingered Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
Blommers Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
Blue-legged Mantella	Madagascar
Bobiri Reed Frog	Ghana
Boettger's Grainy Frog	Madagascar
Bolifamba Egg Frog	Cameroon
Boneberg's Frog	South Africa
Boophis tampoka	Madagascar
Boribory Rain Frog	Madagascar
Boulenger's Egg Frog	Cameroon
Braun's Toad	Tanzania
Broadley's Mountain Frog	Malawi, Mozambique
Broadley's Ridged Frog	Malawi
Brongersma's Toad	Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara
Brown Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Buea Smalltongue Toad	Cameroon, Togo
Bushoho Reed Frog	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda
Callulina kisiwamsitu	Tanzania
Cameroon Egg Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
Cameroon Range Night Frog	Cameroon
Cameroon Slippery Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
Cameroon Toad	Equatorial Africa
Cameroon Water Frog	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria
Cameroon Wolterstorff Toad	Cameroon, Nigeria
Cape Caco	South Africa
Cape Flats Frog	South Africa
Cape Platanna	South Africa
Cave Squeaker Frog	Zimbabwe
Chimanimani Stream Frog	Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Chirinda Toad	Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Climbing Mantella	Madagascar
Cochran's Running Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Common Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Cooper's Black Caecilian	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Cowan's Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Cowan's Mantella	Madagascar
de l'Isalo Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Decary's Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Deccan Wrinkled Frog	Indian Ocean
Desert Rain Frog	Namibia, South Africa
Dime Forest Treefrog	Ethiopia
Disc-fingered Reed Frog	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Dizangue Reed Frog	Cameroon
Du Toit's Torrent Frog	Kenya
Eastern Squeaker	Tanzania
Edough Ribbed Newt	Algeria
Efulen Water Frog	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Elegant Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Erlanger's Grassland Frog	Ethiopia
Ethiopian Banana Frog	Ethiopia
Falls Reed Frog	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Forest Banana Frog	Kenya, Tanzania
Forest Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Forest Rain Frog	South Africa
Four-digit Toad	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria
Freetown Long-fingered Frog	Sierra Leone
Gardiner's Seychelles Frog	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Ghana River Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Giant Rain Frog	South Africa
Goldbelly Reed Frog	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Golden Mantella	Madagascar
Goliath Frog	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Grassland Forest Treefrog	Ethiopia
Greater Spiny Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Green Mantella	Madagascar
Guibe's Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
Guibe's Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Guinea River Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Guinea Screeching Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia
Haraldmeier's Mantella	Madagascar
Hewitt's Ghost Frog	South Africa
Highland Long-fingered Frog	Cameroon
Hogsback Frog	South Africa
Interior Digging Frog	Madagascar
Inyanga Toad	Zimbabwe
Inyangani River Frog	Zimbabwe
Irangi River Frog	Kenya
Isaka-Ivondro Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Isalo Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
Isalo Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Ivory Coast Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia
Ivory Coast Running Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Ivory Coast Wart Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Jaeger's Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
Johnston's River Frog	Malawi
Johnston's Water Frog	Cameroon
Jozani River Frog	Kenya, Tanzania
Jozani Running Frog	Tanzania
Karissimbi Forest Treefrog	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Keith's Striped Frog	Tanzania
Kihanga Reed Frog	Tanzania
Kitumbeine Stream Frog	Tanzania
Kivu Banana Frog	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Kivu Screeching Frog	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Kivu Tree Frog	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Klemmer's Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Knysna Banana Frog	South Africa
Kogelberg Reserve Frog	South Africa
Krefft's River Frog	Tanzania
Lake Oku Clawed Frog	Cameroon
Landdros Moss Frog	South Africa
Lanza's Frog	Somalia
Laurent's Night Frog	Cameroon
Lesser Stream Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Liberia River Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Lightfoot's Moss Frog	South Africa
Long-fingered Frog	Cameroon
Lonnbergs Toad	Kenya
Loveridge's Forest Frog	Tanzania
Luvubu Reed Frog	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Madagascan Mantella	Madagascar
Madagascar Climbing Frog	Madagascar
Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Madagascar Giant Treefrog	Madagascar
Madagascar Jumping Frog	Madagascar
Madagascar Rain Frog	Madagascar
Mahajanga Reed Frog	Madagascar
Maharira Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Mahe Caecilian	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Malcolm's Ethiopia Toad	Ethiopia
Mantidactylus delormei	Madagascar
Marbled Rain Frog	Madagascar
Mavomavo Giant Treefrog	Madagascar
Mertens' Egg Frog	Cameroon
Mertens' Smalltongue Toad	Cameroon
Microhylid Frog	Madagascar
Midongy Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Montagne d'Ambre Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Morere's Banana Frog	Tanzania
Moroccan Midwife Toad	Morocco
Mount Meru Stream Frog	Tanzania
Mountain Climbing Frog	Madagascar
Mountain Egg Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
Mountain Night Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
Mout Okou Wolterstorff Toad	Cameroon
Mrora Forest Toad	Tanzania
Mt. Okou Long-fingered Frog	Cameroon
Nahampoana Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
Namaqua Stream Frog	South Africa
Natal Banana Frog	South Africa
Newton's Grassland Frog	Sao Tome and Principe
Ngezi Reed Frog	Tanzania
Ngoni Moss Frog	South Africa
Nienokoue Reed Frog	Cote d'Ivoire
Nigeria Banana Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria
Nike's Squeaker	Tanzania
Nimba Banana Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Nimba Reed Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone
Nimbaphrynoides liberiensis	Liberia
Nkongsamba Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
Nkongsamba River Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
Norbert Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
North African Fire Salamander	Algeria, Morocco, Spain
Nosy Be Burrowing Frog	Madagascar
Nosy Be Giant Treefrog	Madagascar
Nsoung Long-fingered Frog	Cameroon
Nyika Dwarf Toad	Malawi, Zambia
Ornate Egg Frog	Cameroon
Osgood's Ethiopian Toad	Ethiopia
Pakenham's River Frog	Tanzania
Palm Forest Treefrog	Sao Tome and Principe
Parker's Tree Frog	Tanzania
Paulian's Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Perret's Egg Frog	Cameroon
Perret's Night Frog	Cameroon
Perret's Toad	Nigeria
Perret's Water Frog	Cameroon
Pfeffer's Reed Frog	Tanzania
Pickersgill's Reed Frog	South Africa
Probreviceps durirostris	Tanzania
Probreviceps rungwensis	Tanzania
Rainforest Running Frog	Cote d'Ivoire
Red Rain Frog	Madagascar
Redback Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
Redbelly Egg Frog	Cameroon
Reed Frog	Cote d'Ivoire
Reiche's Squeaker	Malawi, Tanzania
Rhombophryne coronata	Madagascar
Rhombophryne guentherpetersi	Madagascar
Riggenbach's Reed Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
Ringed River Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia
Rocky River Frog	Tanzania
Rose's Mountain Toad	South Africa
Rugegewald River Frog	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda
Rutenberg's Reed Frog	Madagascar
Rwanda River Frog	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Sagalla Caecilian	Kenya
Sao Tome Reed Frog	Sao Tome and Principe
Schilf's Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Schiotz's Reed Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Seychelles Frog	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Seychelles Palm Frog	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Sharp-ribbed Salamander	Gibraltar, Morocco, Portugal, Spain
Sharpsnout Reed Frog	Cameroon
Shimba Hills Reed Frog	Kenya
Shoa Forest Treefrog	Ethiopia
Sierra Leone Grassland Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Reed Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Water Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Speckled Egg Frog	Cameroon
Spinomantis massi	Madagascar
Spiny Eye-lid Ground Frog	Madagascar
Spotted Snout-burrower	South Africa
Steindachner's River Frog	Cameroon, Nigeria
Stevart's Egg Frog	Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Stream Reed Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Susana's Forest Treefrog	Ethiopia
Table Mountain Ghost Frog	South Africa
Tai Forest Treefrog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia
Tai River Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Tandroka Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Tandy's Smalltongue Toad	Cameroon
Tanners' Reed Frog	Tanzania
Tanzania Screeching Frog	Tanzania
Thomasset's Seychelles Frog	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Tigoni Reed Frog	Kenya
Tiny Reed Frog	Tanzania
Togo Slippery Frog	Ghana, Togo
Togo Toad	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo
Toliara Rain Frog	Madagascar
Tomato Frog	Madagascar
Tree Toad	Tanzania
Trueb's Madagascar Treefrog	Madagascar
Tsaratanana Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
Tsaratanana Giant Treefrog	Madagascar
Tsingy Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Ukami Reed Frog	Ghana, Togo
Uluguru Banana Frog	Tanzania
Uluguru Big-fingered Frog	Tanzania
Uluguru Blue-bellied Frog	Tanzania
Uluguru Tree Frog	Tanzania
Usambara Banana Frog	Tanzania
Usambara Big-fingered Frog	Tanzania
Usambara Blue-bellied Frog	Tanzania
Usambara Forest Toad	Tanzania
Usambara Torrent Frog	Tanzania
Uzungwe River Frog	Tanzania
Uzungwe Toad	Tanzania
Varaldi's Spadefoot Toad	Morocco
Vermiculated Tree Frog	Tanzania
Victoria Night Frog	Cameroon
Vissoke River Frog	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda
Volcano Clawed Frog	Cameroon
Wager's Stream Frog	South Africa
Webb's Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Wermuth's Reed Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia
Werneria iboundji	Gabon
Werneria submontana	Cameroon
Western Leopard Toad	South Africa
Western Nimba Toad	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea
Weza Forest Treefrog	South Africa
White Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
White-spotted Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
White-striped Reed Frog	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Whitebelly Egg Frog	Cameroon
Wild's Egg Frog	Cameroon
Williams Bright-eyed Frog	Madagascar
Wolterstorffina chirioi	Cameroon
Wrinkled Madagascar Frog	Madagascar
Yaounde Reed Frog	Cameroon
Yapo River Frog	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana
Yellow Mantella	Madagascar
Zebra Forest Treefrog	Cameroon
Zimbabwe Big-fingered Frog	Zimbabwe
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***What amphibians are listed here?:

The Africa section of this site lists the folllowing amphibians appearing on select endangered species lists:

• Amphibians that dwell in or migrate to any nation or region found on the African continent.
• Amphibians dwelling in or that travel to the Mediterranean Sea and any islands located in the Mediterranean Sea.
• Amphibians dwelling in or that migrate to Madagascar and nearby islands (to the southwest of India or east of Madagascar).
• Amphibians dwelling in or that migrate to North Atlantic islands off the western coast of Africa.

In some cases, the creatures listed in this section may also be found on other continents or in other areas, which is why you may see additional areas noted in the range column.

Disclaimer: This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About Us page.