Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   8266
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3226BB
Observer:   Webster Kate
Date of record:   2018-01-14
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:11:10
Sp. code:   882
Species name:   Amietia poyntoni
Common name:   Poynton's River Frog -- Poynton's Rivierpadda
Family:   Pyxicephalidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   FITZPATRICK-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-8266
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8266 - photo: 1
VM-number: 8266 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Adriaan Harrison
Comment:   Clearly a river frog. Markings on upper lip appear more typical of Poynton's River Frog. Head appears too broad for Common River Frog.
Date:   2018-02-25 14:07:37
Species name:   Amietia poyntoni -- Poynton's River Frog; Poynton's Rivierpadda
Species code:   882
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2018-03-18 13:51:15
Species name:   Amietia poyntoni -- Poynton's River Frog; Poynton's Rivierpadda
Species code:   882

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