Ptychadena mapacha Channing, 1993

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 11

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scientific name	Ptychadena mapacha Channing, 1993
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Mapach Ridged Frog

Material. MAYUKUYUKU: BMNH 2018.5772 (male). Comments: Specimen collected near water in miombo woodland. Following Poynton and Broadley (1985a), this specimen should be assigned to P. cotti , now a synonym of P. schillukorum . However, this specimen also fits the description of Ptychadena mapacha (not included in the key), except for the white spots on the posterior face of the tibia and a thin tibial line that are present in the holotype ( CAS 160535). The closest match (89%) is P. porosissima (GenBank accession number KY177058) from Kenya, and the sequence similarity with P. schillukorum (KY177060) is 82%. There is no sequence of P. mapacha available for comparison. Although P. schillukorum is listed in the AmphibiaWeb database as occurring in Zambia, there is no reference to the literature confirming this claim. Pietersen et al. (2017) provided an unconfirmed record of P. mapacha for Sioma Ngwesi. This record represents the northernmost record of this species.