Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

Record details

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FrogMAP:   8864
Province:   other
Country:   Malawi
Locus:   1134CC
Observer:   Brown Gary; Brett Pollard, Kyle Pollard, Ryan Pollard
Date of record:   2018-07-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:11:10
Sp. code:   800
Species name:   Ptychadena mossambica
Common name:   Broadbanded Grass Frog
Family:   Ptychadenidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   FITZPATRICK-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-8864
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 8864 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Paravertebral bands continuous from back of head to mid-dorsum and no pale vertebral band, thus ruling out P. upembae.
Date:   2018-08-23 17:25:21
Species name:   Ptychadena mossambica -- Broadbanded Grass Frog
Species code:   800

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