Breviceps adspersus adspersus Peters, 1882

Pietersen, Darren W., Pietersen, Errol W. & Conradie, Werner, 2017, Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 148) 11 (1), pp. 24-43 : 27

Breviceps adspersus adspersus Peters, 1882

Bushveld Rain Frog

Photograph: VMUS 5982

Individuals were photographed in Ngonye Falls campsite, and were heard calling from this area, from the visitor’s center and from the vicinity of Park Headquarters. This species is distinguished from B. poweri on the basis of call, having a series of pale paravertebral and dorsolateral patches, absence of a continuous pale line from the upper lip to the forearm, and having a less intense dark throat that is medially divided by a white line ( du Preez and Carruthers 2009; Poynton and Broadley 1985a, 1991). In Zambia, this species has been collected only in the vicinity of Kalabo, about 200 km to the NNW ( Channing 2001; Poynton and Broadley 1985a, 1991).