Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   4428
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3323DD
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2015-09-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:11:10
Sp. code:   4700
Species name:   Breviceps pentheri
Common name:   Eastern Cape Rain Frog -- Ooskaap ReĆ«npadda
Family:   Brevicipitidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Breviceps montanus
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-4428
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4428 - photo: 1
VM-number: 4428 - photo: 2
VM-number: 4428 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2015-09-29 09:23:38
Species name:   Breviceps montanus -- Cape Mountain Rain Frog
Species code:   210
Comment number:   2
By:   James Adriaan Harrison
Comment:   Faint facial mask suggests that it is not the Plain Rain Frog. Does appear to be unusually large for a Cape Mountain Rain Frog though.
Date:   2018-03-27 01:57:14
Species name:   Breviceps montanus -- Cape Mountain Rain Frog
Species code:   210
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Breviceps adspersus pentheri. Initially brought to my attention by Luke Kemp, who agrees.
Date:   2021-06-09 13:47:17
Species name:   Breviceps adspersus -- Bushveld Rain Frog
Species code:   160
Comment number:   4
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:  
Date:   2021-09-08 08:41:59
Species name:   Breviceps pentheri -- Eastern Cape Rain Frog; Ooskaap ReĆ«npadda
Species code:   4700

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