Afrixalus delicatus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Afrixalus delicatus, the delicate leaf-folding frog, delicate spiny reed frog or Pickersgill's banana frog, is a species of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in Southern and Eastern Africa, from eastern South Africa and Eswatini (not confirmed) northward through Mozambique, the low altitude parts of Malawi and Tanzania, southeastern Kenya to southern Somalia.
Afrixalus delicatus was described in 1984 by Martin Pickersgill. The account of Afrixalus delicatus in the AmphibiaWeb combines this species with Afrixalus brachycnemis, although it also recognizes the latter species as a subspecies of Afrixalus stuhlmanni. The Amphibian Species of the World treats A. brachycnemis as a valid species. Application of these names is discussed in Poynton (2007).
Adult males measure 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) and females 17–22 mm (0.67–0.87 in) in snout–vent length. The dorsum is light brown to gold with a brassy sheen. There are vague brown speckles over the mid-dorsum and a lateral line that is well-defined in its anterior part; these vary in colouration from reddish brown to nearly black, depending probably on temperature, light and humidity. The tibia is... Wikipedia →
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Malawi · 1999
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South Africa · 2022
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Delicate Spiny Reed Frog sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 13th most-seen of the 13 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Delicate Spiny Reed Frog in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and May–September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Delicate Spiny Reed Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Durban, in our data
Durban is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Delicate Spiny Reed Frog sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Delicate Spiny Reed Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Durban (14 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
