# Amphibians of Somalia: all 46 species on record

> Every frog and toad species with a record from Somalia in GBIF: 46 species with family, Red List category and number of records.

Source page: https://calankii.com/en/nature/amphibians-of-somalia/
Last checked: 2026-11-13
Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com)

## In short

On 12 November 2026 the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the international open database of species records, held records of 46 amphibian species with Somalia as the country, in 12 families ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)).

The largest families by number of species on record are ([GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)):

- Hyperoliidae: 11
- Bufonidae: 9
- Ptychadenidae: 8
- Pyxicephalidae: 6
- Phrynobatrachidae: 3
- Rhacophoridae: 3
- Arthroleptidae: 1
- Dendrobatidae: 1
- Hemisotidae: 1
- Hylidae: 1

## Most often recorded

The species with the most GBIF records from Somalia are Subdesert Toad (170), Benguella Grassland Frog (162), [Sudan](/en/diaspora/sudan/) Grassland Frog (157), Sclerophrys dodsoni (66), Somali Running Frog (66), Steindachner's Toad (47) ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)).

6 of the 46 species have a single record from Somalia (same source).

## Named after Somali places

2 species on this list carry Somalia or a Somali place in their scientific name, for example *Kassina somalica*, *Phrynomantis somalicus* ([GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)).

## How to read this list

A species is on this list when GBIF holds at least one record of it from Somalia. A record can be a museum specimen more than a century old, a sighting shared by an observer, or a specimen cited in a scientific paper. Some records are old and a few may be misidentified, so this is a list of records, not of what lives in Somalia today. Names follow the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, which can lag behind the newest research.

## Red List summary

- Critically Endangered (CR): 0
- Endangered (EN): 0
- Vulnerable (VU): 0
- Near Threatened (NT): 0
- Least Concern (LC): 44
- Data Deficient (DD): 0
- Not Evaluated (NE): 2

Categories are from the IUCN Red List as published through GBIF ([GBIF species API, IUCN Red List category](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species)).

## Largest families

- Hyperoliidae: 11 species
- Bufonidae: 9 species
- Ptychadenidae: 8 species
- Pyxicephalidae: 6 species
- Phrynobatrachidae: 3 species
- Rhacophoridae: 3 species
- Arthroleptidae: 1 species
- Dendrobatidae: 1 species
- Hemisotidae: 1 species
- Hylidae: 1 species

## Full list (46 species)

Each name links to its Calankii page where one exists, otherwise to its GBIF species page. "Records in Somalia" is the number of GBIF occurrence records with Somalia as the country, counted on 12 November 2026 ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)). The same rows, with Wikidata ids and more columns, are in the open data file [species-recorded-in-somalia.csv](/data/nature/species-recorded-in-somalia.csv).

| Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Witu Forest Treefrog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2429686) | *Leptopelis concolor* | Arthroleptidae | LC | 2 |
| [Bufo spec](/en/nature/amphibians-of-somalia/) | *Bufo spec* | Bufonidae | NE | 1 |
| [Lugh Toad](https://www.gbif.org/species/2422463) | *Poyntonophrynus lughensis* | Bufonidae | LC | 18 |
| [Asmara Toad](https://www.gbif.org/species/10884826) | *Sclerophrys asmarae* | Bufonidae | LC | 4 |
| [Blanford's Toad](https://www.gbif.org/species/10817750) | *Sclerophrys blanfordii* | Bufonidae | LC | 27 |
| [Sclerophrys dodsoni](https://www.gbif.org/species/10005242) | *Sclerophrys dodsoni* | Bufonidae | LC | 66 |
| [Eastern Olive Toad](https://www.gbif.org/species/10737210) | *Sclerophrys garmani* | Bufonidae | LC | 22 |
| [African Common Toad](https://www.gbif.org/species/10698146) | *Sclerophrys regularis* | Bufonidae | LC | 11 |
| [Steindachner's Toad](https://www.gbif.org/species/10839179) | *Sclerophrys steindachneri* | Bufonidae | LC | 47 |
| [Subdesert Toad](https://www.gbif.org/species/10807592) | *Sclerophrys xeros* | Bufonidae | LC | 170 |
| [Emerald Poison Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2429011) | *Ameerega petersi* | Dendrobatidae | LC | 1 |
| [Shovel-nosed Burrowing Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2423960) | *Hemisus marmoratus* | Hemisotidae | LC | 6 |
| [ornate chorus frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2428148) | *Pseudacris ornata* | Hylidae | LC | 2 |
| [Golden Leaf-folding Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2426582) | *Afrixalus brachycnemis* | Hyperoliidae | LC | 2 |
| [Delicate Leaf-folding Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2426573) | *Afrixalus delicatus* | Hyperoliidae | LC | 45 |
| [Golden Spotted Reed Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/5217725) | *Hyperolius argus* | Hyperoliidae | LC | 12 |
| [Maria's Reed Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/5217680) | *Hyperolius mariae* | Hyperoliidae | LC | 14 |
| [Sharp-and-blunt-snouted Sedge Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/5217737) | *Hyperolius nasutus* | Hyperoliidae | LC | 1 |
| [Dwarf Reed Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/5217625) | *Hyperolius pusillus* | Hyperoliidae | LC | 43 |
| [Smith's Reed Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/5217700) | *Hyperolius tuberilinguis* | Hyperoliidae | LC | 11 |
| [Plain Reed Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/5217681) | *Hyperolius viridiflavus* | Hyperoliidae | LC | 1 |
| [Senegal Land Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/5217753) | *Kassina senegalensis* | Hyperoliidae | LC | 7 |
| [Somali Running Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/5217764) | *Kassina somalica* | Hyperoliidae | LC | 66 |
| [Ethiopia Striped Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2426540) | *Paracassina obscura* | Hyperoliidae | LC | 2 |
| [Somali Snake-necked Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2421593) | *Phrynomantis somalicus* | Microhylidae | LC | 3 |
| [Cope's Toad-frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2430139) | *Phrynobatrachus acridoides* | Phrynobatrachidae | LC | 38 |
| [Mababi Puddle Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2430133) | *Phrynobatrachus mababiensis* | Phrynobatrachidae | LC | 2 |
| [Natal Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2430162) | *Phrynobatrachus natalensis* | Phrynobatrachidae | LC | 2 |
| [Lanza's Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2428935) | *Lanzarana largeni* | Ptychadenidae | LC | 6 |
| [Benguella Grassland Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2428904) | *Ptychadena anchietae* | Ptychadenidae | LC | 162 |
| [Grassland Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2428895) | *Ptychadena gansi* | Ptychadenidae | LC | 9 |
| [Broad-banded Ridged Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2428925) | *Ptychadena mascareniensis* | Ptychadenidae | LC | 5 |
| [Mozambique Ridged Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2428909) | *Ptychadena mossambica* | Ptychadenidae | LC | 1 |
| [Neumann's Grassland Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2428893) | *Ptychadena neumanni* | Ptychadenidae | LC | 2 |
| [Sharp-nosed Ridged Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2428920) | *Ptychadena oxyrhynchus* | Ptychadenidae | LC | 8 |
| [Sudan Grassland Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2428906) | *Ptychadena schillukorum* | Ptychadenidae | LC | 157 |
| [Common River Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/9311531) | *Amietia delalandii* | Pyxicephalidae | LC | 27 |
| [Peter's Bullfrog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2429964) | *Pyxicephalus edulis* | Pyxicephalidae | LC | 3 |
| [Tremolo Sand Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2429913) | *Tomopterna cryptotis* | Pyxicephalidae | LC | 43 |
| [Delalande's Burrowing Bullfrog](https://www.gbif.org/species/2429918) | *Tomopterna delalandii* | Pyxicephalidae | LC | 2 |
| [Elegant Sand Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/10755977) | *Tomopterna elegans* | Pyxicephalidae | LC | 7 |
| [Kachowski's Sand Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/8866788) | *Tomopterna kachowskii* | Pyxicephalidae | LC | 17 |
| [Amnirana galamensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/2426874) | *Amnirana galamensis* | Ranidae | LC | 24 |
| [Keller's Foam-nest Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/5217196) | *Chiromantis kelleri* | Rhacophoridae | NE | 29 |
| [Chiromantis kelleri](https://www.gbif.org/species/11030520) | *Chiromantis kelleri* | Rhacophoridae | LC | 1 |
| [Central Foam-nest Tree Frog](https://www.gbif.org/species/5217209) | *Chiromantis petersii* | Rhacophoridae | LC | 35 |

## Sources

- [GBIF occurrence search, country Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)
- [GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)
- [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](https://www.iucnredlist.org/)

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