Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

Record details

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FrogMAP:   2401
Province:   other
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   1923CD
Observer:   Myburgh G
Date of record:   2014-05-10
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   1220
Species name:   Ptychadena sp.
Common name:   Grass Frogs
Family:   Ptychadenidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   broad banded grass frog
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-2401
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 2401 - photo: 1
VM-number: 2401 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Grass frogs are extremely difficult to accurately identify from a photograph, unless we have a photo of the patterning behind the thigh. This one looks like either a Plain or Sharp-nosed Grass Frog.
Date:   2014-11-25 17:32:17
Species name:   Ptychadena sp. -- Grass Frogs
Species code:   1220

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