Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   2605
Province:  
Country:   Zambia
Locus:   1725CD
Observer:   Pienaar-Oelsen Y; Joe Grosel
Date of record:   2011-12-09
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Found during a tour with Joe Grosel (sitting on Joe's finger) in Zambia, Upper Zambezi. During a very wet season. All trees and grasses were standing in water
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:   Mapacha Grass Frog
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-2605
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 2605 - photo: 1
VM-number: 2605 - photo: 2
VM-number: 2605 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Possibly a Mapacha Grass Frog, but it is nearly impossible to positively identify Grass Frogs from photographs unless we have a photo showing the patterning on the back of the thigh.
Date:   2014-11-25 12:58:45
Species name:   Ptychadena sp. -- Grass Frogs
Species code:   1220

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