Reed frog ?ID ?

by **Eyelash** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:09 pm

Hi guy's I took this pic way back with a old camera of mine so its not to great...haha...
I think its a Reed frog but my frog knowledge aint to great so anyone...Please ID for me...

by **Fooble** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:29 pm

Hyperolius tuberilinguis perhaps?

Although that snout doesn't look right for Hyperolius.

by **Eyelash** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:52 pm

It could be but do H.tuberilinguis have the stripe ?
I was thinking something like Hyperolius semidiscus ?

by **Pythonodipsas** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:32 am

Eyelash - I was also thinking H. semidiscus, although I don't know how to tell them apart from H. argus which also has yellow dorso-lateral stripes and found in the same region. See here for a pic i posted of semidiscus a while ago. Maybe Piston, Wolverine or someone could shed some light?

by **Fooble** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:12 pm

I concur on the Hyperolius semidiscus had a look in my Frog field guide last evening.

Pythonodipsas H. argus doesn't seem to have such a pronounced snout well what it looks like in the photographs anyways.

by **Eyelash** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:09 pm

Great pics in your old post Pythonodipsas...
I noticed the spots on the back leg ?Mine looks like he doesnt have that ?

by **Pythonodipsas** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:36 pm

Eyelash I think they are variable and can lack markings on the legs.

by **Eyelash** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:05 pm

Shoooo...Why are frogs so hard haha...
I saw these ones in Oribi gorge if that might help...Maybe someone knows a local population there...?

by **Pythonodipsas** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:14 pm

Oops i forgot to ask about locality and assumed it was in the Umhlanga area (getting my topics mixed up).

Being found at Oribi really pushes the ID toward H. semidiscus, which can range from Zululand into the eastern Cape.

H. argus seems to be limited to the warmer parts of coastal KZN and northwards.

by **Eyelash** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:33 pm

So H.semidiscus it is until someone else can help us right haha...
Thanks a lot Craig...

by **Batmad** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:42 am

Guys that looks quite big for H.semidiscus....I was always under the impression that it was much smaller?

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