Earth is becoming increasingly urbanized. However, we are still lagging behind on understanding the consequences of urbanization to biodiversity. This is essential if we want to plan cities that are good for both people and nature. Here, we conduct a systematic literature review on how ecological aspects of frogs respond to urbanization in the tropical cities, including changes at behavioral, populational, and community levels. We also collected data on the gender of first and senior authors to identify gender bias in authorship. We found a large geographical bias in research on this topic, with most papers published by authors from Brazil and Australia. Most studies were observational, investigating ecological aspects at population and community scale using adult frogs, while evolutionary aspects and tadpoles were neglected. Urban environments from the tropical cities have different aspects than those from the North. Most papers were authored by men in total and in both as first and senior authors. We need to address knowledge gaps and improve research on ecological dynamics of frogs in cities from the South we want to build solid and plural knowledge that can effectively be used to design conservation programs to protect urban biodiversity in the Anthropocene.