Crowned bullfrog
Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858)
LCLeast Concernfrogs and toads
The crowned bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus occipitalis) is a species in the family Dicroglossidae, order Anura. Recorded adults weigh about 48.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the crowned bullfrog
- Weight
- 48.1 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 16 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 10.9 years
- Main food
- arthropodssrc for Main food
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 333 – 1,600src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the crowned bullfrog live?
Not recorded
What is the crowned bullfrog?
The crowned bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus occipitalis) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.
It is found in the Sub-Saharan Africa (Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, and Zambia).
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Is the crowned bullfrog endangered?
The crowned bullfrog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the crowned bullfrog classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyDicroglossidae
- genusHoplobatrachus
- SpeciesHoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858)
Synonyms Dicroglossus occipitalis, Euphlyctis occipitalis, Limnonectes occipitalis, Rana bragantina, Rana esculenta bilmaensis, Rana mwanzae, Rana occipitalis, Rana tigrina occipitalis, Ranosoma schereri
Other names and names in other languages (10)
- African groove-crowned frogEnglish
- African groove-crowned frogEnglish
- Eastern groove-crowned bullfrogEnglish
- Eastern groove-crowned bullfrogEnglish
- Groove-crowned bullfrogEnglish
- skokan africkýCzech
- Rana Toro CoronadaSpanish
- Afrikai foltosbékaHungarian
- アフリカトラフガエルJapanese
- Западная лягушкаRussian
Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List
Relatives of the crowned bullfrog
Other species in the same genus Hoplobatrachus.
Bull frog
Hoplobatrachus tigerinus
Turkey frog
Hoplobatrachus crassus
Coastal bullfrog
Hoplobatrachus litoralis
Salween bullfrog
Hoplobatrachus salween
Taiwanese frog
Hoplobatrachus chinensis
CompareCrowned bullfrog vs Bull frogCrowned bullfrog vs Turkey frogCrowned bullfrog vs Coastal bullfrogCrowned bullfrog vs Salween bullfrog
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the crowned bullfrog?
An adult crowned bullfrog weighs 48.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the crowned bullfrog endangered?
The crowned bullfrog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What does the crowned bullfrog eat?
Its recorded main food is arthropods.
What kind of animal is the crowned bullfrog?
The crowned bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus occipitalis) belongs to the family Dicroglossidae in the order Anura.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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