Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   5939
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2831DC
Observer:   Midgley John
Date of record:   2015-11-30
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   found crossing the forest road
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:52
Sp. code:   140
Species name:   Arthroleptis wahlbergi
Common name:   Bush Squeaker
Family:   Arthroleptidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Natal Chirping Frog (Anhydrophryne hewitti)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-5939
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map | [Species text
VM-number: 5939 - photo: 1
VM-number: 5939 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Nick Evans
Comment:   I found an photographed a whole stack of these Arthroleptis in Ongoye, including their feet! After close examination, and advice from James Harvey, we decided that they were Bushsqueakers. At first, I thought they were perhaps Shovel-footed Squeakers.
Date:   2016-09-23 08:32:38
Species name:   Arthroleptis wahlbergi -- Bush Squeaker
Species code:   140
Comment number:   2
By:   Nick Evans
Comment:   There is some work being done on these, so I've heard. It could perhaps be a subspecies, we'll have to wait and see.
Date:   2016-10-12 08:55:02
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Enlarged third-finger is also a good pointer for it being an Arthroleptis.
Date:   2016-10-29 14:47:57
Species name:   Arthroleptis wahlbergi -- Bush Squeaker
Species code:   140

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