Ptychadena

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Ptychadena
Ptychadena mascareniensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ptychadenidae
Genus: Ptychadena
Boulenger, 1917
Type species
Rana mascareniensis
Duméril and Bibron, 1841

Ptychadena is a genus of frogs in the grassland frog family, Ptychadenidae.[1][2] They are distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as nilotic Egypt. The common names of this genus are ridged frogs and grass frogs.[1] This type of family have many different characteristics such as the species, Ptychadena neumanni who have long hindlimbs and a large ear drum compared to the Ptychadena erlangeri, for example.[3] They also have a unique bone structure which is a fusion between the presacral vertebrae and sacrum.[4]

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Ptychadena :[5]

References

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