Ptychadena porosissima

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Ptychadena porosissima
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Ranidae Genus: Ptychadena Species: P. porosissima
Binomial name
Ptychadena porosissima (Steindachner, 1867)

Ptychadena porosissima is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, possibly Lesotho, and possibly Mozambique. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

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• Poynton, J.C., Channing, A., Howell, K., Minter, L., Largen, M. & Lötters, S. 2004. Ptychadena porosissima. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.