ESWATINI'S BIODIVERSITY
Fauna - Vertebrates
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Hyperolius marmoratus, painted reed frog, Malolotja

Eswatini's Amphibians Database: Frogs and Toads

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Giant Bull Frog

Pyxicephalus adspersus Tschudi, 1838


Swaziland Red Data Status: Regionally Extinct
Southern African Red Data Status: Near Threatened
International Red Data Status: Least Concern (2013) IUCN Red List
Comments: Apparently occurring in the highveld region. Previously unrecorded. Only one recent sight record in 1987 from Hawane Dam (V. Parker pers. comm.). (R.C. Boycott, 1992)

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 10 records, from 1989/01/08 to 1995/11/19

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