Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   707
Province:  
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   1923CD
Observer:   Myburgh G
Date of record:   2013-02-05
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:11:10
Sp. code:   850
Species name:   Pyxicephalus adspersus
Common name:   Giant Bull Frog
Family:   Pyxicephalidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   african bullfrog
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-707
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 707 - photo: 1
VM-number: 707 - photo: 2
VM-number: 707 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   No crescent-shaped pale spot on tympanum; eye-tympanum distance > eye diameter, no pale interocular bar. Barring on upper lip suggests subadult / FF.
Date:   2013-12-07 11:28:03
Species name:   Pyxicephalus adspersus -- Giant Bull Frog
Species code:   850

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