Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   3577
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3325DC
Observer:   Niit Lizelle
Date of record:   2015-01-30
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Hundreds, maybe thousands of tadpoles in this small pool! What looks like darker spots of soil are actually groups of tadpoles clustered close together.
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:11:10
Sp. code:   370
Species name:   Sclerophrys capensis
Common name:   Raucous Toad
Family:   Bufonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-3577
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 3577 - photo: 1
VM-number: 3577 - photo: 2
VM-number: 3577 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Werner makes a good point.
Date:   2015-02-01 12:55:38
Species name:   Sclerophrys capensis -- Raucous Toad
Species code:   370
Comment number:   2
By:   Werner Conradie
Comment:   Looks like Bufo like tadpoles, taken the time of year and that it is PE it can only be A. rangeri. A. pardalis only breed August/September
Date:   2015-08-23 10:24:25
Species name:   Sclerophrys capensis -- Raucous Toad
Species code:   370

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