Frogs in South Africa

[Nick Evans]

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

[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

[Heatheranne]

You're welcome .

[deeishealthy]

Love love LOVE this thread.

[exasperatus2002]

Thanks

I saw Kassina maculata recently, unfortunately I didn't get a photo!

Joh, I'll look a bit more carefully when I see a crab now, and try to identify it!

Can you post a pic of K. maculata's typical habitat? Im curious. Mine was healthy and well fed. But when I got him back in the mid 90's, I didnt know anything of its natural habitat.

[Nick Evans]

Here's a photo of the habitat where I found a couple of K.maculata.

[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]

Awesome photos, once again! I love when you share photos with us. Thank you . There really are some amazing frogs there. Does it take you long to find them?

[Nick Evans]

Thanks very much No it doesn't really take long, unless it's quite a rare frog.

[Heatheranne]

You're welcome . I'd love to take a stroll there sometime. It takes a good long walk here to find that many.

[Nick Evans]

That's interesting. My favorite place for frogs is a small game reserve. It has 3 small dams next to each other. I just walk around them a few times and see a lot! Have to be careful though, there's a crocodile that watches you!

[Heatheranne]

That's interesting. My favorite place for frogs is a small game reserve. It has 3 small dams next to each other. I just walk around them a few times and see a lot! Have to be careful though, there's a crocodile that watches you!

Oh goodness!!! Lol! It sounds pretty awesome though. This past spring we took a walk back through the forest here. It's woodsy and damp, but not too many frogs. We did see a bunch of red spotted efts though . Too small to live with our adult newts though.

[Nick Evans]

Those are awesome!

[Nick Evans]

Last night, I went looking for the endangered Kloof Frog (Natalobatrachus bonebergi), and found 4! I also found 2 clumps of eggs that were on vegetation above water.

[Mentat]

Hello Nick! Thanks for sharing your great photos with us .