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These frogs emerge after rain to feed on small arthropods such as ants, termites, beetles, moths, woodlice, amphipods, juvenile millipedes, and caterpillars hence the name rain frogs. Reproduction also occurs during the rainy season. Choruses start immediately after heavy rains, although this may be
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spend most of the year underground; even when on the surface, they are inconspicuous because of their slow movements and cryptic colouration. They walk rather than hop. They are able to burrow rapidly, backwards, into the soil by using the enlarged, spade-like metatarsal tubercles on their feet.
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263:(mountain rain frog) and
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433:, Passmore's rain frog
400:, Mozambique rain frog
378:, Web-footed rain frog
279:, Strawberry rain frog
502:, Plaintive rain frog
477:, Whistling rain frog
276:Breviceps acutirostris
531:Species of the genus
527:Ecology and behaviour
515:Species of the genus
422:, Angolan rain frog
419:Breviceps ombelanonga
408:Breviceps namaquensis
397:Breviceps mossambicus
389:, Mountain rain frog
334:, Highland rain frog
320:Breviceps carruthersi
312:, Branch's rain frog
290:, Bushveld rain frog
1114:Amphibians of Africa
499:Breviceps verrucosus
485:Breviceps sylvestris
455:, Power's rain frog
444:, Thicket rain frog
424:Nielsen et al., 2020
411:, Namaqua rain frog
301:, Bilbo's rain frog
257:(Rose's rain frog),
40:Bushveld rain frog,
488:, Forest rain frog
466:, Rose's rain frog
430:Breviceps passmorei
323:, Phinda rain frog
287:Breviceps adspersus
251:(black rain frog),
16:Genus of amphibians
474:Breviceps sopranus
441:Breviceps pentheri
386:Breviceps montanus
359:, Giant rain frog
356:Breviceps gibbosus
345:, Black rain frog
298:Breviceps bagginsi
217:short-headed frogs
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789:B. montanus
775:B. gibbosus
740:B. bagginsi
511:Description
468:Power, 1926
413:Power, 1926
391:Power, 1926
260:B. montanus
242:B. gibbosus
1098:Categories
824:B pentheri
782:B. macrops
643:2016-09-13
548:References
504:Rapp, 1842
491:FitzSimons
235:The genus
213:rain frogs
1104:Breviceps
967:Breviceps
954:Breviceps
940:Breviceps
910:Breviceps
831:B. poweri
768:B. fuscus
761:B. fichus
747:B.branchi
710:Breviceps
667:Breviceps
613:21 August
582:21 August
570:Breviceps
533:Breviceps
517:Breviceps
248:B. fuscus
237:Breviceps
211:known as
205:Breviceps
181:Breviceps
129:Breviceps
74:Kingdom:
68:Eukaryota
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925:Q2455182
919:Wikidata
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566:(2016).
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521:amplexus
363:Linnaeus
254:B. rosei
231:Taxonomy
225:semiarid
209:commonly
163:Species
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98:Amphibia
88:Chordata
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78:Animalia
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350:, 1925
348:Hewitt
194:family
137:, 1820
135:Merrem
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190:frogs
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184:is a
108:Anura
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