Hemisus marmoratus (Peters, 1854)

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 : 28

Hemisus marmoratus (Peters, 1854)

Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog

Photograph: VMUS 5985

One individual was photographed in Ngonye Falls campsite. It was distinguished from H. guineensis on the basis of coloration (dorsum mottled light and dark in H. marmoratus and dark with small yellow, orange or white spots in H. guineensis ; Channing 2001; du Preez and Carruthers 2009). It was distinguished from H. barotseensis by having the upper eyelid length exceeding the eye-nostril distance ( Channing 2001; Channing and Broadley 2002). The only previous record of this species in Western Province is at Livingstone, although also recorded from Katima Mulilo in Namibia ( Poynton and Broadley 1985a, 1991).