Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   3142
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2828DB
Observer:   Paasikunnas Timo; Alina Kallio
Date of record:   2008-11-30
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Upper part of the river before falls, same place were tadpoles too
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:11:10
Sp. code:   960
Species name:   Amietia hymenopus
Common name:   Phofung River Frog
Family:   Pyxicephalidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Amietia umbraculata
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-3142
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 3142 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Werner Conradie
Comment:   Check Channing's new paper on this group. All A. umbraculata is reverted back to A. vertebralis. And all A. vertebralis is reverted back to Amietia hymenopus. think this is Amietia hymenopus.
Date:   2015-08-23 11:27:37
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2015-09-08 20:08:06
Species name:   Amietia hymenopus -- Phofung River Frog
Species code:   960

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