''Ptychadena christyi'' is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...

in the family Ptychadenidae. It is found in

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and

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. Its natural

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s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and intermittent freshwater

marsh A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p Marshes can often be found a ...

es.

References

Ptychadena Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1919 {{Ranoidea-stub