Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   6083
Province:   other
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1535DC
Observer:   Brown Gary; Rupert Wilkey
Date of record:   2016-09-21
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:11:10
Sp. code:   1110
Species name:   Amietia sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Pyxicephalidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-6083
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 6083 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Largely based on habitat. I'm not aware of any other tadpole occurring in this region that will live and feed on a rock plate only covered in a thin film of water like this. But I will await your description of the N. broadleyi tadpole.
Date:   2018-03-18 12:58:17
Species name:   Nothophryne broadleyi -- Broadley's Mongrel Frog
Species code:   4180
Comment number:   2
By:   Werner Conradie
Comment:   We in the process of describing the tadpole of Nothophryne and they are much more flatten and the tail much narrowly with shallow fin. My best ID is Ptychadena sp.
Date:   2018-07-10 21:21:05
Species name:   Ptychadena sp. -- Grass Frogs
Species code:   1220
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Possibly Amietia johnstoni.
Date:   2018-08-23 17:59:22
Species name:   Amietia sp.
Species code:   1110

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