Ptychadena longirostris

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Ptychadenidae
Genus: Ptychadena
Species: Ptychadena longirostris

Name

Ptychadena longirostris (Peters, 1870)

Type locality: "Keta (Guinea)", Ghana.

Holotype: ZMB 6914.

Synonyms

• Rana longirostris Peters, 1870
• Rana leonensis Boulenger, 1917
• Rana guerzea Chabanaud, 1920
• Rana (Ptychadena) guerzea — Chabanaud, 1921
• Rana (Ptychadena) longirostris — De Witte, 1921
• Rana (Ptychadena) leonnensis — De Witte, 1921
• Rana (Ptychadena) leonensis — Guibé, 1950
• Ptychadena longirostris — Laurent, 1956
• Pytchadena (Ptychadena) longirostris — Dubois, 1992

References

• Peters, 1870, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1870: 646.
• Laurent, 1956, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 53: 231.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Ptychadena longirostris . Accessed on 26 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ptychadena longirostris (Least Concern) Downloaded on 26 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Snouted Grassland Frog