Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   739
Province:  
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1228DC
Observer:   Brink Bertie
Date of record:   2013-01-05
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Also captured and photographed at the same spot as the 2 previous examples, but earlier the year at the hight of the breeding season. Sound clip the same
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:11:10
Sp. code:   592
Species name:   Hyperolius marginatus
Common name:   Marginated Reed Frog
Family:   Hyperoliidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Reed Frog
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-739
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 739 - photo: 1

Sound recording:


Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2014-01-16 12:09:19
Species name:   Hyperolius viridiflavus melanoleucus -- Common Reed Frog (subsp. Melanole)
Species code:   2770
Comment number:   2
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:   Read that it is synonymous with H. marginatus
Date:   2014-09-05 06:33:34
Species name:   Hyperolius marginatus -- Marginated Reed Frog
Species code:   592
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Hyperolius viridiflavus melanoleucus now a synonym of Hyperolius marginatus (Channing, A. 2022. Zootaxa 5134: 301–354)
Date:   2022-12-20 17:00:21
Species name:   Hyperolius marginatus -- Marginated Reed Frog
Species code:   592

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