Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

Record details

   [ Record 27 of 1956 ]   
FrogMAP:   566
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2926AA
Observer:   De Swardt D.H.
Date of record:   2012-12-05
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Two copulating - swim in dam (dams full of past weekend rains)
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   370
Species name:   Sclerophrys capensis
Common name:   Raucous Toad
Family:   Bufonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unid frog
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-566
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 566 - photo: 1
VM-number: 566 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   No red infusions on thighs
Date:   2013-12-07 13:31:51
Species name:   Sclerophrys capensis -- Raucous Toad
Species code:   370
Comment number:   2
By:   Allison Sharp
Comment:  
Date:   2013-12-09 17:45:22
Species name:   Vandijkophrynus gariepensis gariepensis -- Karoo Toad (subsp. gariepensis)
Species code:   310
Comment number:   3
By:   Werner Conradie
Comment:   Defiantly not aKaroo toad, but also can't rule out Amietophrynus rangeri. Cant clearly see the patterning on the back and any red infusions between he thighs.
Date:   2014-11-06 20:51:29
Species name:  
Species code:   0

[ Page served: April 30, 2024, 10:29 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT