Ptychadena | |
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Ptychadena mascareniensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Ptychadenidae |
Genus: |
Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917 |
Type species | |
Rana mascareniensis Duméril and Bibron, 1841 |
Ptychadena is a genus of frogs in the Ptychadenidae family, the grassland frogs. They are distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as nilotic Egypt. The common names of this genus are ridged frogs and grass frogs.
There are 51 species in this genus: