Ridged Frogs
Ptychadena
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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 62 known species
Anchieta's Ridged Frog
speciesPtychadena anchietae
Mascarene Ridged Frog
speciesPtychadena mascareniensis
Nile Ridged Frog
speciesPtychadena nilotica
Sharp-nosed ridged frog
speciesPtychadena oxyrhynchus
Mozambique ridged frog
speciesPtychadena mossambica
Snouted Grassland Frog
speciesPtychadena longirostris
Broad-banded Grass Frog
speciesPtychadena bibroni
Small ridged frog
speciesPtychadena taenioscelis
Grassland ridged frog
speciesPtychadena porosissima
Guibe's ridged frog
speciesPtychadena guibei
Schilluk ridged frog
speciesPtychadena schillukorum
Medine grassland frog
speciesPtychadena pumilio
Udzungwa ridged frog
speciesPtychadena uzungwensis
Perret's Grassland Frog
speciesPtychadena perreti
Spotted ridged frog
speciesPtychadena subpunctata
Central Grassland Frog
speciesPtychadena tellinii
Erlanger's Grassland Frog
speciesPtychadena erlangeri
Newton's Grassland Frog
speciesPtychadena newtoni
Ptychadena arnei
speciesPtychadena arnei
Ptychadena chrysogaster
speciesPtychadena chrysogaster
Forest Grass Frog
speciesPtychadena silvamare
Ptychadena mahnerti
speciesPtychadena mahnerti
Victoria Grassland Frog
speciesPtychadena aequiplicata
Ptychadena tournieri
speciesPtychadena tournieri
Ptychadena retropunctata
speciesPtychadena retropunctata
Dakar Grassland Frog
speciesPtychadena trinodis
Cooper's Grassland Frog
speciesPtychadena cooperi
Ethiopian Grass Frog
speciesPtychadena neumanni
Ptychadena mutinondoensis
speciesPtychadena mutinondoensis
Ptychadena perplicata
speciesPtychadena perplicata
Rough ridged frog
speciesPtychadena bunoderma
Ptychadena stenocephala
speciesPtychadena stenocephala
Ansorge's Ridged Frog
speciesPtychadena ansorgii
Upemba ridged frog
speciesPtychadena upembae
Ptychadena straeleni
speciesPtychadena straeleni
Ptychadena pujoli
speciesPtychadena pujoli
Ptychadena keilingi
speciesPtychadena keilingi
Ptychadena robeensis
speciesPtychadena robeensis
Dahomey Grass Frog
speciesPtychadena dahomeyensis
Atewa Grass Frog
speciesPtychadena atewae
Ptychadena harenna
speciesPtychadena harenna
Ptychadena obscura
speciesPtychadena obscura
Ptychadena amharensis
speciesPtychadena amharensis
Ptychadena baroensis
speciesPtychadena baroensis
Ptychadena goweri
speciesPtychadena goweri
Ptychadena levenorum
speciesPtychadena levenorum
Ptychadena nuerensis
speciesPtychadena nuerensis
Ptychadena doro
speciesPtychadena doro
Ptychadena delphina
speciesPtychadena delphina
Ptychadena beka
speciesPtychadena beka
Ptychadena superciliaris
speciesPtychadena superciliaris
Ptychadena christyi
speciesPtychadena christyi
Grandison's ridged frog
speciesPtychadena grandisonae
Saskia’s Grass Frog
speciesPtychadena saskiae
Ptychadena ingeri
speciesPtychadena ingeri
Ptychadena nana
speciesPtychadena nana
Ptychadena submascareniensis
speciesPtychadena submascareniensis
Mapacha ridged frog
speciesPtychadena mapacha
Broadleyas Ridged Frog
speciesPtychadena broadleyi
Ptychadena gansi
speciesPtychadena gansi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 25741.