rain frog
See also: rainfrog
English
Noun
rain frog (plural rain frogs)
- Any of many species of frogs in diverse genera:
- Those of family Brevicepitidae, of Africa
- Those of family Eleutherodactylidae, of the Americas
- Austrochaperina pluvialis (family Microhylidae), of Australia
- Craugastor (Oecophoridae), of the Neotropics
- Leptodactylus (family Leptodactylidae), of the Neotropics
- Pristimantis (family Strabomantidae), of the Neotropics
- Scaphiophryne (family Microhylidae), of Madagascar
- (US) A tree frog, especially, a spring peeper.
Derived terms
- Bilbo's rain frog (Breviceps bagginsi)
- Boulenger's short-headed frog (Breviceps macrops)
- bushveld rain frog (Breviceps adspersus)
- Cape rain frog (Breviceps gibbosus)
- common rain frog (Breviceps acutirostris or Breviceps adspersus)
- desert rain frog (Breviceps macrops)
- forest rain frog (Breviceps sylvestris)
- giant rain frog (Breviceps gibbosus)
- mountain rain frog (Breviceps montanus)
- Mozambique rain frog (Breviceps mossambicus)
- Namaqua rain frog (Breviceps namaquensis)
- plaintive rain frog (Breviceps verrucosus)
- rough rain frog (Breviceps verrucosus)
- strawberry rain frog (Breviceps acutirostris)
- web-footed rain frog (Breviceps macrops)
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