| Cape rain frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Brevicipitidae |
| Genus: | Breviceps |
| Species: | B. gibbosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Breviceps gibbosus | |
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The cape rain frog or giant rain frog (Breviceps gibbosus) is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae.[2] Adults grow up to 45 mm in length. It was the first African frog species to be scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, under the name Rana gibbosa. It is the most common and largest of rain frogs.[3] The name "rain frog" that is applied to the genus refers to a belief that these frogs bring rain.[4]
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group.; South African Frog Re-assessment Group; et al. (SA-FRoG) (2017). "Breviceps gibbosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T3069A77162627. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T3069A77162627.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Names described as 'Breviceps gibbosus'". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.6 (9 January 2013). Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "Cape rain frog". SANBI. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
- ^ Channing, Alan (2001). Amphibians of Central and South Africa. Cornell University Press.