Frog News The frogs are happy for the good rains we had. Hewittas Moss Frog Anhydrophryne hewitti. But what many Capetonians don’t know is that the Western Cape in general and the Cape Peninsula in particular is a hot spot of frog diversity of global significance. Two species are found in arid areas and other species are found in the eastern and northern parts of … Challenge to open the eyes of those that choose not to see. Breviceps montanus.
Amietia fuscigula. The Western Cape, in particular, is a hot spot of frog diversity – it is home to, among others, the endangered Western leopard toad Sclerophrys pantherina, the critically endangered Table Mountain ghost frog Heleophryne rosei, the endangered Cape platanna Xenopus gilli, the critically endangered Cape Flats frog Microbatrachella capensis, and the vulnerable Rose’s mountain toadlet Capensibufo rosei. Add to Cart.
This tiny, cryptic frog lives in leaf litter and among thick vegetation around mountain seeps or along the banks of thickly vegetated streams. Strawberry Rain Frog . The Cape Peninsula moss frog is endemic to the Cape Peninsula, it is a very common frog but one that few people have ever seen. Add to Cart. Mistbelt moss frog Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis.
A Cape Town frog specialist by the name of Mark Day is convinced that this is in fact a Cape River Frog (Amietia fuscigula) Fight against Oppression apathy and ignorance. ASI First Aid for Snakebite Booklet R 40.00. Cape river frog 5. Contact us: jeannet@ewt.org.za / www.ewt.org.za. WESTERN CAPE. Proceeds from this poster go to the EWT Threatened Amphibian Programme. The frog specie that started calling first was The Clicking Streamfrog. Phofung River Frog Amietia hymenopus. They can often be heard calling throughout their range. OF . Western Cape – 11 July 2020. Featured Products. Arum Lily Frog. Cape Mountain Frog.
Van Dijk's river frog Amietia vandijki. ASI Collapsible Snake Hook – 1.2 m R 450.00. They started clicking enthusiastically in every wet ditch and hollow and at every leaking … Rattray's frog Anhydrophryne rattrayi .
Arthroleptella atermina.
Latest Newsletters. Gauteng – 15 July 2020. Hyperolius horstockii. Add to Cart. Bainskloof Moss Frog Arthroleptella bicolor. There are five species found in the Western Cape, B. gibbosus, B. fuscus(the black rain frog), B. rosei(Rose’s rain frog), B. montanus(mountain rain frog) and B. acutirostris(strawberry rain frog). Photographs kindly provided by: Vincent Caruthers, Louis du Preez, Jeanne Tarrant and Nick Evans. Add to Cart. A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa R 400.00. Large-mouthed frog Amietia vertebralis. Amietia poyntoni 6. They started calling everywhere in the Western Cape.