Ptychadena newtoni
| Ptychadena newtoni | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ptychadenidae |
| Genus: | Ptychadena |
| Species: | P. newtoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychadena newtoni (Bocage, 1886) | |
Ptychadena newtoni is a species of frog in the Ptychadenidae family. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe. Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sources
- Drewes, R. 2006. Ptychadena newtoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.