Ptychadena saskiae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ptychadenidae
Genus: Ptychadena
Species: Ptychadena saskiae

Name

Ptychadena saskiae Rödel, Schmitz, Penner, Griesbaum, Leaché, Ofori-Boateng, Portik, Doumbia, Kouamé, Kpan, Gonwouo, Nopper, Hillers, Nago, Ernst, Glos, Petzold & Barej, 2026: 37

• Holotype: ZMB 95904, adult ♂, collected by J. Penner and N.L. Gonwouo on 4 October 2012.
• Type locality: “Liberia, Mt. Ghi South, 5.6408 Lat., -8.2117 Long., 277 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Rödel, M.-O., Schmitz, A., Penner, J., Griesbaum, F., Leaché, A.D., Ofori-Boateng, C., Portik, D.M., Doumbia, J., Kouamé, N.G., Kpan, T.F., Gonwouo, N.L., Nopper, J., Hillers, A., Nago, S.G.A., Ernst, R., Glos, J., Petzold, A. & Barej, M.F. 2026. Four new cryptic Ptychadena species from the Upper Guinean rainforests of West Africa (Amphibia, Anura, Ptychadenidae). Zootaxa 5779(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5779.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Saskia's Grass Frog