Summary ¹

Ptychadena trinodis is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, possibly Benin, possibly Burkina Faso, possibly Republic of the Congo, possibly Mauritania, possibly Niger, possibly Sierra Leone, possibly Sudan, and possibly Togo.

Summary ²

Ptychadena trinodis is a large, compact ranid frog exhibiting a pointed head. This anuran is distributed from Senegal to at least the central part of the Sahel, favoring arid to semi-arid savanna habitats and is notably present in the West Sudanian savanna ecoregion. This frog is generally brownish or grayish with black or dark brown spots present on dorsal ridges, flanks and the dorsum more widely; there is a moderate sexual dimorphism, with females slightly larger than males. breeding seems to commence at once upon the outset of rains, but in some locales may continue through the rainy season.

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2. (c) Hogan, C.Michael, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/24592203

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