Ptychadena arnei
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| Ptychadena arnei | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Ptychadena |
| Species: | P. arnei |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychadena arnei Perret, 1997 | |
Ptychadena arnei is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, possibly Guinea-Bissau, and possibly Liberia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- Perret, J.-L. (1997), "Description de Ptychadena arnei n. sp. (Amphibia, Ranidae), une espèce méconnue d'Afrique occidentale", Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles 120: 77–86, ISSN 0366-3469
- Rödel, M.-O. & Ohler, A. 2004. Ptychadena arnei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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