Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   400
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418BD
Observer:   Loftie-Eaton M
Date of record:   2012-07-27
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-01-20 17:29:42
Sp. code:   120
Species name:   Arthroleptella villiersi
Common name:   Villiersdorp Moss Frog
Family:   Pyxicephalidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   de villiers moss frog
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-400
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 400 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2012-08-01 10:20:41
Species name:   Arthroleptella villiersi -- Villiersdorp Moss Frog
Species code:   120
Comment number:   2
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   Pale triangle on the snout suggests A.kogelbergensis
Date:   2023-01-14 22:23:45
Species name:   Arthroleptella kogelbergensis -- Kogelberg Moss Frog
Species code:   87
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Both species appear to have the pale triangle on the snout.
Date:   2023-01-20 17:29:42
Species name:   Arthroleptella villiersi -- Villiersdorp Moss Frog
Species code:   120
Comment number:   4
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   From Andrew Turner: The picture looks like A. villiersi to me but it is a difficult angle in which neither the snout shape (colour not too important) or degree of toe tip expansion is clearly visible.
Date:   2023-01-23 12:04:36
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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