Ptychadena neumanni Ahl, 1924

Mulatu, Tilahun & Getahun, Abebe, 2018, Diversity of anurans in forest fragments of southwestern Ethiopia: The case of the Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve (YCFBR), Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 158) 12 (2), pp. 30-40 : 35

Ptychadena neumanni Ahl, 1924

Ptychadena neumanni , which is the most widespread species of anura throughout the country, is also reported to exist in southwestern Ethiopia ( Largen 2001). Recently, Freilich et al. (2014) and Smith et al. (2017) indicated that climatic variabilities and geologic events in Ethiopia contributed for adaptive speciation within the species. Largen (2001) indicated that the species exists in the elevational range between 1,800 –3,800 m though some specimens were collected in lowland with the elevation of 820 m in southwest Ethiopia. During the current survey, the species was recorded in the elevational range between 1,400 –1,900 m. The species was cosmopolitan, existing in almost all types of habitats (i.e., swamps, pond edges, stream sides, and forest clearings), and it was also collected from all collection sites. The species has restricted webbing on its digits that differentiate it from its relative ( P. anchiatae ) ( Largen 2001). However, it shares many characteristics with P. erlargeri , which make it difficult to differentiate the two species using morphology ( Mengistu et al. 2012). Wet season collection yields more individuals from the species than dry season collection.