[2] It is found in Southern Africa, in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini, and Mozambique.

[1][2] The common rain frog is brownish-green and has a round body and stumpy legs.

It is difficult to assert that the two are a subspecies; however, they are still distinguished as such because of differences in colouration and markings.

[4] The common rain frog inhabits temperate forests and open grasslands of southeast Africa.

They spend the dry winter months in burrows and emerge after rain to feed and mate, usually at night.