Ptychadena Explained

Ptychadena is a genus of frogs in the grassland frog family, Ptychadenidae. 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.^[2] They also have a unique bone structure which is a fusion between the presacral vertebrae and sacrum.^[3]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Ptychadena :^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2014 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 7 February 2014.
2. Goutte . Sandra . Reyes-Velasco . Jacobo . Freilich . Xenia . Kassie . Abeje . Boissinot . Stephane . 2021-11-02 . Taxonomic revision of grass frogs (Ptychadenidae, Ptychadena) endemic to the Ethiopian highlands . ZooKeys . en . 1016 . 77–141 . 10.3897/zookeys.1016.59699 . 33628080 . 7892535 . 1313-2970. free .
3. Blackburn . David C. . Roberts . Eric M. . Stevens . Nancy J. . 2015-03-04 . The earliest record of the endemic African frog family Ptychadenidae from the Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . en . 35 . 2 . e907174 . 10.1080/02724634.2014.907174 . 53369792 . 0272-4634.