Grassland ridged frog
Ptychadena porosissimaSummary 1
Ptychadena porosissima is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, possibly Lesotho, and possibly Mozambique. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, intermittent...
Range description 2
This species ranges from eastern and northern South Africa, north to Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya, with an apparently isolated population south of Lake Tana, at 1,900 m asl in Ethiopia. It has not been recorded from Burundi, but it is likely to occur in this country and it is included in the species' distribution on the map. Isolated records in Kenya from Katera south of Mount Kenya, and from Nyahururu north of the Aberdare Mountains require confirmation. It occurs mostly in cooler regions, and is generally found above 1,200 m asl in the tropical parts of its range.
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