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Ptychadena
Sign in to savePtychadena 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. 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. They also have a unique bone structure which is a fusion between the presacral vertebrae and sacrum.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyPtychadenidae
Ptychadena is een geslacht van kikkers uit de familie Ptychadenidae. De groep werd voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door George Albert Boulenger in 1917. Oorspronkelijk werd de wetenschappelijke naam Limnophilus gebruikt. Er zijn 49 soorten die voorkomen in Afrika; in Egypte en delen van Afrika ten zuiden van de Sahara. Op Madagaskar, de Seychellen en de Mascarenen zijn verschillende soorten geïntroduceerd.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,834
- With media
- 36
- Family
- Ptychadenidae
- Collections
- YPM, CAS, USNM, KU
- Recorded in
- Kenya, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Liberia
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- Parent taxon
- Ptychadenidae
- Image
- Ptychadena mascareniensis.jpg
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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. 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. They also have a unique bone structure which is a fusion between the presacral vertebrae and sacrum.
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Ptychadena :
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