Ptychadena mossambica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 mossambica

Name

Ptychadena mossambica (Peters, 1854)

Type locality: "Cabaceira, Quellimane, Tette, Boror", Mozambique.

Lectotype: ZMB 4418.

Synonyms

• Rana Mossambica Peters, 1854
• Rana vernayi FitzSimons, 1932
• Rana mascareniensis mossambica — Loveridge, 1953
• Ptychadena (Ptychadena) mossambica — Pienaar, 1963
• Ptychadena vernayi — Poynton, 1964
• Ptychadena mossambica — Poynton, 1969

References

• Peters, 1854, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1854: 626.
• Poynton, 1969 "1966", Mem. Inst. Invest. Cient. Moçambique, Ser. A, Cienc. Biol., 8: 19.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Ptychadena mossambica . Accessed on 26 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ptychadena mossambica  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 26 June 2008.

Vernacular names

• English: Mozambique Grassland Frog