Ptychadena grandisonae Laurent, 1954

Conradie, Werner, Keates, Chad, Verburgt, Luke, Baptista, Ninda L. & Harvey, James, 2023, Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango- Cuando-Zambezi river drainages. Part 3: Amphibians, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 325) 17 (1), pp. 19-56 : 43

publication ID

297340

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11370934

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/43578788-0025-3F4A-88A1-60CDFA8505D9

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Ptychadena grandisonae Laurent, 1954
status

 

Ptychadena grandisonae Laurent, 1954 View in CoL

Many-ridged Grass Frog ( Fig. 30; Map 27)

Material (3 specimens): PEM A12696 View Materials , INBAC: WC-5185, Chicala Choloanga roadside quarry, -12.63611° 16.04282°, 1,858 m asl ; PEM A12689 View Materials , Cubango River launch site, -12.61700° 16.22133°, 1,727 m asl. Description: Medium sized Ptychadena ; narrow body; ridges present on thigh; two and a half phalanges of the longest toe free of webbing. Dorsum light brown, with darker brown blotches; back of thighs with pale stripes; yellow infusion in groin. Only adult male measured 36.2 mm ( PEM A12689 View Materials ). Habitat and natural history notes: This species was only encountered along the Cubango River in flooded grassland. Comments: The identification was based on the key provided by Poynton and Broadley (1985b) and needs genetic verification .

PEM

Port Elizabeth Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Ptychadenidae

Genus

Ptychadena

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