Frogs in South Africa

[Nick Evans]

These are some of the frogs I have found in KZN, South Africa, this season.

Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus taeniatus)





Tinker Reed Frog (Hyperolius tuberilinguis)




Waterlily Frog (Hyperolis pusilis)




Bronze Caco (Cacosternum nanum)





Greater Leaf-folding Frog (Afrixalus fornasinii)




Delicate Leaf-folding Frog (Afrixalus delicatus)




Natal Tree Frog (Leptopelis natalensis)




Southern Foam-Nest Frog (Chiromantis xerampelina)





Common Platanna (Xenopus laevis)




African or Edible Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis)





Banded Rubber Frogs (Phrynomantis bifasciatus) mating




Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog (Hemisus marmoratus)





Snoring Puddle Frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis)




Dwarf Puddle Frog (Phrynobatrachus mababiensis)






Mascarene Grass Frog (Ptychadena mascareniensis)





Broad-banded Grass Frog (Ptychadena mossambica)





Sharp-nosed Grass Frog (Ptychadena oxyrhynchus)




Common River Frog (Amietia angolensis)






Crab eating a Bubbling Kassina (Kassina Senegalensis)





Guttural Toad (Amietophrynus gutturalis)

[flybyferns]

Thank You for sharing
These are great !
I love the Natal

[tgampper]

Hi Nick, welcome to Frog Forum Great album of photos you have. South African amphibians have always interested me. I worked at a zoo and cared for a variety of African and Madagascar frogs. There is another FF member from KZN (bugboy99). World like to hear more stories from the field.

[deranged chipmunk]

very cool. thanks for sharing Nick. excellent pics. i love the one of the banded rubber frogs. i have one myself, very cool frogs

[Nick Evans]

Thanks, glad you like the photos.

[BugBoy99]

Hello Nick, and welcome

I like your photos. I've tried the whole photography thing myself, but I'm more interested in the rearing of amphibians.

I don't know if you are interested in crabs, but the crab eating your Kassina, is a species of Potamonautes(African Freshwater Crab), probably P. warreni.

Sincerely,
Joh

[Nick Evans]

Hi Joh

Thanks a lot! Are there many different species of freshwater crabs in KZN?

[exasperatus2002]

Great pics! I used to own Kassina maculata. Its a nice frog. chocolate brown with black circles and orange-red on the legs.

[Heatheranne]

Hi Nick. Beautiful Frogs! Great photography! It's nice to see frogs I've not ever been introduced to. So pretty. I'd love to have one of each .

Nice to meet you and welcome. Thank you for sharing .

[Heatheranne]

P.S. You should make a calendar or post cards, truly .

[Nick Evans]

Thanks Heather I made a calendar for family members with these photos!

[Nick Evans]

Just thought I would add this photo to the post. It's two male Greater Leaf-folding Frogs (Afrixalus fornasinii) pushing each other off a leaf! They weren't very close so I had to zoom in, that's why the photo is a bit blurred. I had never seen this kind of behavior before.

[Heatheranne]

Awe .

Any chance you'll be selling calendars in the future?

You are so lucky to have so many pretty species near by.

[Nick Evans]

Hopefully I will be selling calendars one day! Thanks again!

[Gorgonopsia]

Phantastic !!

[Nick Evans]

I have found a few more frogs recently

Delicate Leaf-folding Frogs (Afrixalus delicatus)




Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus taeniatus)



Tinker Reed Frog (Hyperolius tuberilinguis)


Red-legged Kassina (Kassina maculata)


Southern Foam Nest Frog (Chiromantis xerampelina)



Snoring Puddle Frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis)


Water Spider eating a Painted Reed Frog


While frogging I found this 2.5m African Rock Python!

[Heatheranne]

You're welcome

[Nick Evans]

Just come back from holiday where I saw some nice frogs and some that I haven't seen before!

Brown-backed Tree Frog (Leptopelis mossambicus)


Common Platanna (Xenopus laevis)


Red Toad (Schismaderma carens)


Sharp-nosed Grass Frog (Ptychadena oxyrhynchus)


Tremolo Sand Frog (Tomopterma cryptotis)


Eastern Olive Toad (Amietophrynus garmani)


Dwarf Puddle Frog (Phrynobatrachus mababiensis)


Banded Rubber Frog (Phrynomantis bifasciatus)


Bubbling Kassina (Kassina senegalensis)


Southern Foam-nest Frog (Chiromantis xerampelina)


Natal Tree Frog (Leptopelis natalensis)

Brown phase of L.natalensis


Tinker Reed Frog (Hyperolius tuberilinguis)

[Heatheranne]

Your photographs always amaze me! Beautiful

[Nick Evans]

Thanks a lot