''Ptychadena'' is a genus of

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s in the grassland frog family,

Ptychadenidae 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 famil ...

. They are distributed in

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, as well as

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. The common names of this genus are ridged frogs and grass frogs. This type of family have many different characteristics such as the species, '' Ptychadena neumanni'' who have long hindlimbs and a large ear drum compared to the '' Ptychadena erlangeri, for example.'' They also have a unique bone structure which is a fusion between the presacral vertebrae and

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Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Ptychadena '':

References

Ptychadenidae Amphibians of Africa Amphibian genera Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger {{ranoidea-stub