Goliath frog
Scientific name: Conraua goliath (Boulenger, 1906)
Overview
The goliath frog, otherwise known commonly as the giant slippery frog and the goliath bullfrog, is a species of frog in the family Conrauidae. The goliath frog is the largest living frog. Specimens can reach up to about 45 centimetres (18 in) in snout–vent length and 4.5 kilograms (9.9 lb) in weight. This species has a relatively small habitat range in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Its numbers are dwindling due to habitat destruction, collection for food, and the pet trade.
From the Wikipedia article “Goliath frog”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Endangered on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Africa.
Common names
Also known in English as Giant Slippery Frog.
Names in other languages (7)
- Arabic
- الضِّفدع الجبَّار, ضفدع جالوت, ضفدع جبار
- Bengali
- গোলিয়াথ ব্যাঙ
- Chinese
- 巨諧蛙
- German
- Goliathfrosch
- Japanese
- ゴライアスガエル
- Persian
- قورباغه جالوت
- Russian
- Лягушка-голиаф
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q739887, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Goliath frog”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Ryan Somma, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026