Mozambique Ridged Frog

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Mozambique Ridged Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Ranidae Genus: Ptychadena Species: P. mossambica
Binomial name
Ptychadena mossambica (Peters, 1854)

The Mozambique Ridged Frog (Ptychadena mossambica) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Angola. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, pastureland, water storage areas, and ponds.

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• Poynton, J.C., Channing, A. & Howell, K. 2004. Ptychadena mossambica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.