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Amietia hymenopus
Phofung River Frog
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Photographer: Martin Pickersgill
ID: 0000 0000 0311 0526 (2011-03-04)Copyright © 2011 Martin Pickersgill
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo between 1974 and 1975
location
Cathkin Park (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)family
Pyxicephalidae
order
Anura
class Amphibia
notes This is actually Strongylopus hymenopus.camera Miranda film camera
photo category: Animal - Amphibian
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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| common names
Phofung River Frog (AW )
View AmphibiaWeb record for Amietia hymenopusView all photos in CalPhotos of Amietia hymenopus Check Google Images for Amietia hymenopus |
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Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
| 1. | Reviewed by Michael Cunningham Mar 28, 2011 |
| Action: changed name from "Amietia vertebralis" to "Strongylopus grayii
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| Reviewer's comments: | | | | "This photo shows a very long toe IV and a great discrepancy between IV and V - typical of grayii, which has unwebbed toes, rather than Amietia vertebralis, where toe IV is not as long and the toes are webbed. Also, this frog has a bluntly pointed snout, as S. grayii, not the broader, rounded snout of A. vertebralis. The location, Cathkin Park, is more than 1000m below the known altitudinal limits of A. vertebralis and in the wrong habitat, supporting the assignment of this one to S. grayii." |
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| 2. | Reviewed by Martin Pickersgill May 16, 2012 |
| Action: changed name from "Strongylopus grayii" to "Strongylopus hymenopus
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| Reviewer's comments: | | | | "According to Clarke & Poynton 2012 (Zootaxa 3195)Tarrant et al's 2008 synonymy of Strongylopus hymenopus with Amietia fuscigula is unfounded. The specimen in the photo corresponds perfectly with Poynton's 1964 description of the type and subsequent material in its well-webbed toes, relatively broad head, rounded, bumpy skin glands and dorsal pattern." |
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