Anchieta's Ridged Frog

Taxobox
name = Anchieta's Ridged Frog


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Ranidae
genus = "Ptychadena"
species = "P. anchietae"
binomial = "Ptychadena anchietae"
binomial_authority = (Bocage, 1868)
synonyms = The Anchieta's Ridged Frog or Plain Grass Frog ("Ptychadena anchietae") is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, and possibly Rwanda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, hot deserts, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, and ponds.

References

* Poynton, J.C., Largen, M., Howell, K., Channing, A., Minter, L. & Lötters, S. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/58490/all Ptychadena anchietae] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.