Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   961
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3129DA
Observer:   Grundlingh Felicity
Date of record:   2013-01-01
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:11:10
Sp. code:   400
Species name:   Cacosternum boettgeri
Common name:   Common Caco
Family:   Pyxicephalidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Phrynobatrachus mababiensis
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-961
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 961 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Probably C. boettgeri, but positive identification not possible without a ventral photo.
Date:   2013-12-07 08:33:37
Species name:   Cacosternum sp.
Species code:   1140
Comment number:   2
By:   Allison Sharp
Comment:   According to distribution only C. boettgeri and C. nanum occur in this area and this looks more like boettgeri than nanum.
Date:   2013-12-09 20:12:55
Species name:   Cacosternum boettgeri -- Common Caco
Species code:   400
Comment number:   3
By:   Werner Conradie
Comment:   I've worked in Silaka and only collected C. nanum. Without a ventral photo we can't confirm the identification of this record.
Date:   2015-07-28 20:54:20
Species name:   Cacosternum sp.
Species code:   1140

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