Ptychadena

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Ptychadena
Ptychadena mascareniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: "Amphibia" (wide sense)
Order: Anura
Family: Ptychadenidae
Genus: Ptychadena
Boulenger, 1917
Type species
Rana mascareniensis
Duméril and Bibron, 1841

Ptychadena is a genus of frogs in the Ptychadenidae family.[1][2] They are distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as nilotic Egypt. The common names of this genus are ridged frogs, grass frogs, and grassland frogs.[1]

Species

There are 51 species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  2. "Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 
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