Record details

:   6494
Province:   other
Country:   Zimbabwe
Locus:   1933CC
Observer:   Neser W; Johan Kritzinger
Date of record:   1988-12-18
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Note on slide frame said: Bufo vertibralis grindleyi. To me it looks related to Mertensophryne, but this is critter is from high up in the Chimamimani's, which is completely different habitat to the Chirinda Forest. Also see a following record from Chirinda of a typical M.anotis
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:11:10
Sp. code:   3102
Species name:   Poyntonophrynus grindleyi
Common name:   Chimanimani Pygmy Toad
Family:   Bufonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-6494
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2016-12-04 21:08:57
Species name:   Vandijkophrynus inyangae -- Inyanga Toad; Inyanga-skurwepadda
Species code:   4250
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2024-04-01 16:30:51
Species name:   Poyntonophrynus grindleyi -- Chimanimani Pygmy Toad
Species code:   3102

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