Painted Reed Frog

Variable colouration with pale spots on a dark background. Found in reeds and other vegetation types around the edges of a wide variety of waterbodies.

Family Name:

Hyperolius marmoratus verrucosus

Common Name:

Painted Reed Frog

Status:

Not Threatened

Maximum Size:

33 mm

Call:

Short, high pitched, explosive ‘whipp-whipp’ (1 per second).