Frog and toad identifier
Frog or toad? The skin tells you, the app confirms it.
Amphibians are the most threatened group of living things, and the most discreet: you meet them by a pond, at dusk, a few weeks a year. Every capture writes them into your collection and onto your map — a personal record that, after one season, reads like something.
How do you identify a frog or a toad?
The popular split between frog and toad matches no clean taxonomic boundary: it mostly describes smooth wet skin against dry warty skin. Image identification skips the question and returns the species directly. SafaRoll photographs the animal as it is — from above, whole in frame — and returns a name in about a second. Amphibians are the most threatened group of living things: roughly 41% of described species are listed as threatened by the IUCN. They are also seasonal, visible mostly in spring near water and during late-winter night migrations. SafaRoll's catalogue holds 41 amphibians.
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By a pond in spring, when something moves in the grass.
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On a country road on a rainy evening, during migration season.
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In a damp garden, on a toad out after dark.
41 species · amphibians
Commonest firstAmerican Toad
Anaxyrus americanus
Green Frog
Lithobates clamitans
European Toad
Bufo bufo
European Common Frog
Rana temporaria
Pacific chorus frog
Pseudacris regilla
Wood Frog
Lithobates sylvaticus
Spring Peeper
Pseudacris crucifer
Northern Leopard Frog
Lithobates pipiens
Green Treefrog
Dryophytes cinereus
Gray Treefrog
Dryophytes versicolor
Fire Salamander
Salamandra salamandra
Fowler's Toad
Anaxyrus fowleri
Western Toad
Anaxyrus boreas
Asian Common Toad
Duttaphrynus melanostictus
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Acris blanchardi
Pickerel Frog
Lithobates palustris
Southern Toad
Anaxyrus terrestris
Agile Frog
Rana dalmatina
Natterjack Toad
Epidalea calamita
Alpine Newt
Mesotriton alpestris
Southern Cricket Frog
Acris gryllus
European Tree Frog
Hyla arborea
Great Crested Newt
Triturus cristatus
Common Midwife Toad
Alytes obstetricans
Edible Frog
Pelophylax esculentus
Italian Alpine Newt
Mesotriton alpestris apuanus
American Bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeianus
Southern Leopard Frog
Lithobates sphenocephalus
Cope's Gray Tree Frog
Dryophytes chrysoscelis
Cane Toad
Rhinella marina
Cuban Tree Frog
Osteopilus septentrionalis
Smooth Newt
Lissotriton vulgaris
Squirrel Tree Frog
Dryophytes squirellus
Green Toad
Bufotes viridis
Yellow-bellied Toad
Bombina variegata
Alpine Salamander
Salamandra atra
Fleischmann's Glass Frog
Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni
Japanese Giant Salamander
Andrias japonicus
Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog
Dendrobates auratus
Axolotl
Ambystoma mexicanum
Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
Dendrobates tinctorius
What people often ask
From February to May, near ponds and ditches, and above all on mild rainy evenings — that is the migration to breeding sites. The rest of the year they are there but far more discreet.
Identify amphibians from one photo.
SafaRoll names the species in a second and turns it into a collectible card. Free, unlimited identification, no ads.
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