Frog Atlas of Southern Africa

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FrogMAP:   7179
Province:   Sofala
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   1834CD
Observer:   Wursten B.
Date of record:   2017-03-21
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Juveniles with very unusual colouring: black with belly blue and a broad but diffused yellow band along the back. Only found at one pan.Elsewhere in the park uncountable "normal" P.edulis juveniles were seen.
Last updated:   2024-05-08 15:11:10
Sp. code:   2720
Species name:   Pyxicephalus angusticeps
Common name:   Narrow-headed Bullfrog
Family:   Pyxicephalidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Pyxicephalus sp
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FrogMAP-7179
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7179 - photo: 1
VM-number: 7179 - photo: 2
VM-number: 7179 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Werner Conradie
Comment:  
Date:   2017-06-08 06:39:02
Species name:   Pyxicephalus adspersus -- Giant Bull Frog
Species code:   850
Comment number:   2
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2019-09-21 10:30:17
Species name:   Pyxicephalus angusticeps -- Narrow-headed Bullfrog
Species code:   2720

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