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Basic information
Breviceps adspersus
Blaasop
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderFrogs
FamilyRain frogs
GenusBreviceps
- Czech name
- Otylka krátkohlavá
- English name
- Blaasop
- Alternative names
- Bushveld Rain Frog, Common Rain Frog, Common Rainfrog, Common Short-headed Frog, Peters' Rain Frog, Potato Fairy Frog, South African Short-head, Transvaal Blaasop, Transvaal Rain Frog, Transvaal Short-headed Frog
- Synonyms
- Breviceps adspersus adspersus, Breviceps mossambicus adspersus, Breviceps mossambicus occidentalis, Breviceps pretoriensis
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 60 mm
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods
Reproduction and development
- Clutch size
- 46–46 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Direct
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf0319 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · N9NY · COL26.9