Victoria ridged frog
| Victoria ridged frog | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ptychadenidae |
| Genus: | Ptychadena |
| Species: | P. aequiplicata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychadena aequiplicata (Werner, 1898) | |
The Victoria ridged frog (Ptychadena aequiplicata) is a species of frog in the Ptychadenidae family. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, possibly Angola, and possibly Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Rödel, M.-O., Amiet, J.-L., Burger, M. & Largen, M. 2004. Ptychadena aequiplicata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.