Ongava Research Centre

Amphibia: Frogs
(recorded prior to or after the survey)

One frog species was identified from photographs taken in the months prior to the survey being initiated, and another species was recorded following completion of the initial survey in May 2007, since when the Director of ORC, Ken Stratford, has continued to document and record reptiles and amphibians within the reserve.

Hyperoliidae:

Kassina senegalensis - Bubbling running frog
Once the rains arrive more frogs can be expected and the first species recorded after the survey was this common and widespread running frog.

Bubbling running frog, Kassina senegalensis

Pyxicephalidae:

Pyxicephalus adspersus -African bullfrog
The largest frog in southern Africa, the bullfrog was positively identified as present on the Ongava Game Reserve, based on a photograph taken a few months before the survey began.

African bullfrog, Pyxicephauls adspersus