Mozambique Ridged Frog - Key Identification Points

Key Identification Points

• Back ot thighs with yellow mottling, sometimes forming irregular lines (distinct from P. subpunctata, P. taenioscelis and P. guibei).
• Internarial distance greather than snout-nostril distance (distinct from other species except P. guibei, P. mapacha and P. schillukorum).
• Length of foot less than tibia length (distinct from P. guibei, P. mascareniensis, P. subpunctata and P. taenioscelis).
• Pale line on tibia sometimes present (distinct from P. anchietae, P. oxyrhychus, P. schillukorum and P. taenioscelis, although sometimes present also in P. subpunctata).
• Outer metatarsal tubercle present (distinct from other species except P. guibei, P. mapacha and P. schillukorum).
• Broad pale band extends from rump to snout but snout not paler than the rest of the body (distinct from P. anchietae, P. oxyrhynchus, P. schillukorum and P. subpunctata).
• Mottling on the back of the thighs is irregular with no discernable pattern.