| Breviceps | |
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| Bushveld rain frog, B. adspersus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Brevicipitidae |
| Genus: | Breviceps Merrem, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Breviceps gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758
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Breviceps is a genus of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. Species in the genus Breviceps are commonly known as rain frogs or short-headed frogs.[1][2] They occur in arid to semiarid climates of Eastern and Southern Africa.[1]