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Victoria ridged frog

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Victoria ridged frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ptychadenidae
Genus: Ptychadena
Species:
P. aequiplicata
Binomial name
Ptychadena aequiplicata
(Werner, 1898)

The Victoria ridged frog (Ptychadena aequiplicata) is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, possibly Angola, and possibly Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Ptychadena aequiplicata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T58489A18398710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T58489A18398710.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.