Characteristics:
- Angular body, smooth skin.
- Horizontal eye, no pads on toes.
- Grass frogs have ridges along back.
- Can be found in shallow vleis and pans in savannah grassland.
- Closely related family, identified by patterns on back legs.
Types:
- Common River Frog - Afracna angolensis
- Plain Grass (Ridged) Frog - Ptychadena anchietae
- Specled Grass (Spot Bellied Ridge) Frog - Ptychadena subpunctata
- Striped (Three Striped Ridged) Frog - Ptychadena porosissima
- Broad-Banded Grass (Ridged) Frog - Ptychadena mossambica
- Dwarf Grass (Ridged) Frog - Ptychadena taeniosceus