Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

Record details

FrogMAP:   1640
Province:  
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1333DD
Observer:   Brown Gary
Date of record:   2014-01-08
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   330
Species name:   Sclerophrys gutturalis
Common name:   Guttural Toad
Family:   Bufonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   bufo sp. 35mm svl
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-1640
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 1640 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1640 - photo: 2
VM-number: 1640 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2014-01-09 11:01:43
Species name:   Sclerophrys regularis -- African Common Toad
Species code:   375
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Replaced higher-up in Africa by A. regularis
Date:   2014-01-15 12:32:00
Species name:   Sclerophrys gutturalis -- Guttural Toad
Species code:   330
Comment number:   3
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:   I don't get that "red infusions on legs" rule.
Date:   2014-01-15 13:57:14
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   The 'red infusions on leg' rule works brilliantly if you have the critter in hand and can examine it properly. The problem is in many photographs the red is hidden by the folded femur, so we have to rely on a visible red fleck and the extent to which the parotids are raised
Date:   2014-01-15 18:45:18
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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