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Ptychadenidae is a family of frogs commonly known as the grassland frogs. These frogs occur in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Vinony's link graph records 72 inbound references to Ptychadenidae, and connects out to Animalia, Anura and Amphibia.

It sits within the topics Amphibian families, Ptychadenidae and Taxa named by Alain Dubois.

Vinony links it to 24 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAmphibia
  4. OrderAnura
  5. FamilyPtychadenidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded38,670

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
Family
Ptychadenidae
Collections
TCWC, ROM
Recorded in
Benin, Locality Unknown

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anura
Image
Grenouille Ptychadena mascareniensis.JPG
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Commons category
Ptychadenidae
taxon name
Ptychadenidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Ptychadenidae
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Subfamilies and genera
  • References

Ptychadenidae is a family of frogs commonly known as the grassland frogs. These frogs occur in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ptychadenidae was previously considered to be a tribe or subfamily in the family Ranidae, but its position as a separate family is now well established.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ptychadenidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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