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Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World
(5 cm) Diet: Crustacea, small fish, aquatic insects, and larvae Habitat: Fresh
water with dense vegetation Range: Forelands around Cape Town, South Africa
The Platanna got its common English name from a Dutch word, plathander,
which ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2001
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Frogs and Frogging in Southern Africa
Cape Platanna xenopus gnu 40-60 mm. Above: Pale grey with two irregular,
broad, dark stripes down the back No tentacle below the eye. Below: Yellow with
black spots and vermiculations. Limbs: Grey webbing. Habitat: Natural pools in ...
The Common Platanna, otherwise known as the African Clawed Frog (or Toad),
was once known for its use in pregnancy testing: urine from a pregnant woman
initiates, for a variety of curious biochemical reasons (outside the scope of this ...
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Reptiles & Amphibians of Southern Africa
Frogs as fishing bait The platanna is a very familiar frog. These enduring
amphibians have a tendency to turn up in the most unusual spots, including
bathtubs, water tanks and swimming pools. How they gain access to some of
these places is ...
5
Southern African Flyfisher's Companion
TADPOLES AND FROGS (TOADS) The adult platanna is ugly enough to
recognise immediately, but come November, we start seeing the black heads and
wriggly tails of tadpoles. Some are actually transparent and take up residence in
the ...
We stood by the nice warm fire and he told me how he'd found Pissy flopping like
a platanna you've just caught in the creek. A platanna is a kind of frog, dark green
with a smooth skin on top and a yellowish stomach. Sometimes in the summer, ...
The Cape Platanna, which is Endangered, has a similar distribution to the Micro
Frog, which b Criticallv Endangered. Large-scale infestations of exotic acacia
species brought about changes in the water qualitV of the wetlands which they ...
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Table Mountain to Cape Point
Cape platanna The rare Cape platanna has an interesting and unfortunate story.
This striped, flattened amphibian prefers seasonal lakelets stained the colour of
black tea by the acidic mountain soils. Unfortunately, much of its natural habitat ...
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The Wildlife of Southern Africa: A Field Guide to the ...
6 COMMON PLATANNA Xenopus laevis Slimy skin. Streamlined oval body.
Mottled grey. Round pupils. Belly greyish-white, occasionally spotted. Forelimbs
diminutive with feeble, tapering fingers. Hindlimbs massive with extensively
webbed ...
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Wildlife of the Okavango
Platanna. Extraordinary frog with a compressed body and eyes on the top of its
head. Usually seen suspended just below the water surface. It is almost totally
aquatic, but may move about during rain. The fore limbs are short and slender,
but ...
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These include the critically endangered micro frog (also known as the Cape Flats frog), the endangered Cape platanna and Cape rain frog – all ... «News24, 七月 15»
W Cape a hot spot of frog diversity
One that is found in the Cape Point area is the endangered Cape Platanna, at risk partly because it hybridises with the plentiful Common ... «Independent Online, 八月 14»
Restoring balance to the Cape Agulhas National Park
... including the critically endangered micro frog, the endangered Cape platanna and western leopard toad, previously thought to exist only on ... «News24, 一月 14»
Nature renewed in Agulhas
... least 18 species of frogs and toads, including the critically endangered micro frog, the endangered Cape platanna and western leopard toad, ... «Independent Online, 十一月 13»
Sounds of survival – the amazing truth about frogs
The eyes, mouth, limbs and body of the Platanna for example, are all adapted for an existence almost permanently underwater. The secretive ... «Kormorant, 十月 13»
A little taste of England in the Cape
... taking a cruise on the 6m Platanna river boat and enjoying the mountain views, swimming in the river on a warm day, or cycling beside it. «BDlive, 九月 13»
Gardening for frogs
Any size pond will entice the platanna frogs which live beneath the surface of a water body. Place a few large stones at the bottom of the pond ... «Independent Online, 四月 12»
Common Herbicide Found to 'Chemically Castrate' African Frog …
An entirely aquatic frog, The African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis; common name platanna), has no tongue, teeth or true ears. Instead, the frog ... «PlanetSave.com, 五月 10»
