Tomato frog
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Female tomato frogs grow larger than males.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Tomato frog
- Scientific name
- Dyscophus antongilii
- Japanese name
- アカトマトガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Microhylidae
- Genus
- Dyscophus
Where the name “Tomato frog” comes from
The English name "tomato frog" comes from its bright reddish-orange skin.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebHow the Tomato frog lives
They find prey by sight. Small animals without backbones are thought to be their main food. Males call to females when breeding. They lay eggs in slow-moving or still water.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Madagascar
Where the Tomato frog has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アカトマトガエル
- 简体中文
- 番茄蛙
- 繁體中文
- 番茄蛙
- 한국어
- 토마토개구리
- Español
- Rana tomate de Madagascar
- Français
- Crapaud rouge de Madagascar
- Deutsch
- Tomatenfrosch
- Italiano
- Rana pomodoro
- Русский
- Лягушка-помидор
- ไทย
- กบมะเขือเทศ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — アカトマトガエルChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Dyscophus antongiliiChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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