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Mlawula Nature Reserve - Amphibians Checklist


Pipidae (tongueless frogs)

   Xenopus laevis laevis (Daudin, 1802)
   (Common platanna)
   (SiSwati: siphata)
      Dams (man-made)
      Larger rivers

   Xenopus muelleri  (Peters, 1844)
   (Tropical platanna)

Bufonidae (typical toads)

   Bufo gutturalis  Power, 1929
   (Guttural toad)
   (SiSwati: sigogodvolo)
      Dams (man-made)
      Open grassland
      Riverine forest
      Alien forest

   Bufo garmani  Meek, 1897
   (Olive toad)

   Bufo maculatus  Hallowell, 1854
   (Flat-backed toad)
      Larger rivers
      Valley bushveld

   Bufo fenoulheti fenoulheti Hewitt and Methuen, 1913
   (Transvaal pygmy toad)

   Schismaderma carens  (Smith, 1848)
   (Red toad)
   (SiSwati: sigogodvolo)
      Open grassland
      Riverine forest
      Valley bushveld

Microhylidae (rain frogs)

   Breviceps mossambicus  Peters, 1854

   Breviceps adspersus adspersus Peters, 1882
   (Bushveld rain frog)
      Valley bushveld

   Phrynomerus bifasciatus  (Smith, 1847)
   (Red-banded frog)

Hemisotidae (burrowing frogs)

   Hemisus marmoratum marmoratum (Peters, 1854)
   (Mottled burrowing frog)

Ranidae (typical frogs)

   Afrana angolensis  Bocage, 1866
   (Common river frog)
   (SiSwati: lishele)
      Open grassland
      Seepage zones
      Vlei systems
      Swift-flowing streams
      Larger rivers
      Dams (man-made)
      Riverine forest

   Ptychadena anchietae  (Bocage, 1867)
   (Savanna ridged frog)

   Ptychadena oxyrhynchus  (Smith, 1849)
   (Sharp-nosed ridged frog)
      Valley bushveld

   Ptychadena mossambica  (Peters, 1854)
   (Mozambique ridged frog)

   Pyxicephalus adspersus edulis Peters, 1854
   (Lowveld bullfrog)

   Tomopterna cryptotis  (Boulenger, 1907)
   (Striped sand frog)

   Tomopterna krugerensis  Passmore and Carruthers, 1975
   (Sandveld sand frog)

   Tomopterna natalensis  (Smith, 1849)
   (Natal sand frog)
      Open grassland
      Seepage zones
      Alien forest

   Phrynobatrachus natalensis  (Smith, 1849)
   (Common puddle frog)

   Phrynobatrachus mababiensis  FitzSimons, 1932
   (Dwarf puddle frog)
      Seepage zones

   Cacosternum boettgeri  (Boulenger, 1882)
   (Common dainty frog)
      Dams (man-made)
      Vlei systems

Rhacophoridae (foam nest tree frogs)

   Chiromantis xerampelina  Peters, 1854
   (Foam-nest tree frog)

Hyperoliidae (reed and running frogs)

   Leptopelis mossambicus  Poynton, 1985
   (Brown-backed tree frog)

   Kassina maculata  (Dumeril, 1853)
   (Vlei frog)

   Kassina senegalensis  (Dumeril and Bibron, 1841)
   (Running frog)
      Dams (man-made)

   Afrixalus aureus  Pickersgill, 1984
   (Golden leaf-folding frog)
   Swaziland Red Data Status: Least Concern
   Southern African Red Data Status: Rare
   International Red Data Status: Not listed

   Hyperolius marmoratus taeniatus Peters, 1854
   (Painted reed frog)
      Vlei systems

   Hyperolius pusillus  (Cope, 1862)
   (Waterlily frog)

   Hyperolius tuberilinguis  Smith, 1849
   (Green reed frog)




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