Ptychadena oxyrhynchus

Taxobox
name = Ptychadena oxyrhynchus


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Ranidae
genus = "Ptychadena"
species = "P. oxyrhynchus"
binomial = "Ptychadena oxyrhynchus"
binomial_authority = (Smith, 1849)
synonyms =

"Ptychadena oxyrhynchus" is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burkina Faso, possibly Burundi, possibly Niger, possibly Rwanda, and possibly Sudan.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and canals and ditches.

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* Rödel, M.-O., Poynton, J.C., Pickersgill, M., Howell, K. & Minter, L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/58516/all Ptychadena oxyrhynchus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.