Shovel-nosed Frog
Hemisus marmoratus
- Class
- Amphibian
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 278
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The marbled snout-burrower (Hemisus marmoratus) is a species of frog in the family Hemisotidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is also called the mottled shovelnose frog and marbled shovelnose frog.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Marbled snout-burrower”.