''Phrynobatrachus rouxi'' is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is found on western shore of

Lake Victoria Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropics, tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface are ...

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

and on Mount Kenya in Kenya; the extent of the former part of the range is uncertain and the latter requires confirmation. There is uncertainty regarding validity of this species. The specific name ''rouxi'' honours

Jean Roux Jean Roux (March 1876, Geneva – 1 December 1939) was a Swiss herpetologist. He studied at the University of Geneva, completing his doctoral thesis in 1899. His early research involved studies of protozoa, and following post-doctoral work in ...

, a Swiss zoologist and herpetologist. Common names Roux's river frog and Roux's puddle frog have been proposed for this species. There is little specific information on ecology of this species, and even its distribution is unclear.

References

Endemic fauna of Uganda rouxi Frogs of Africa Amphibians of Kenya Amphibians of Uganda Taxa named by Fritz Nieden Amphibians described in 1912 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{ranoidea-stub