Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   10518
Province:   Central Province
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2025AC
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2019-11-22
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-02-25 14:23:08
Sp. code:   1220
Species name:   Ptychadena sp.
Common name:   Grass Frogs
Family:   Ptychadenidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Chiromantis xerampelina
Institution:   FITZPATRICK-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-10518
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 10518 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Most probably Ptychadena mossambica. The absence of expanded pads on the fingers and toes rules out Chiromantis.
Date:   2020-01-02 22:27:16
Species name:   Ptychadena sp. -- Grass Frogs
Species code:   1220

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