Biology:Ptychadena tellinii

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Short description: Species of frog

Ptychadena tellinii
Central Grassland Frog imported from iNaturalist photo 195593024 on 28 October 2023.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ptychadenidae
Genus: Ptychadena
Species:
P. tellinii
Binomial name
Ptychadena tellinii
(Peracca, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Phrynobatrachus tellinii Peracca, 1904
  • Ptychadena schubotzi (Sternfeld, 1917)
  • Rana cornii Scortecci, 1929

Ptychadena tellinii is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, possibly Benin, possibly Chad, possibly Guinea, possibly Liberia, and possibly Sudan.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, rural gardens, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Ptychadena tellinii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T54357A18402131. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T54357A18402131.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54357/18402131. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2245659 entry