Ptychadena mascareniensis (Source)
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Superordo: Batrachia
Cladus: Salientia
Ordo: Anura
Familia: Ptychadenidae
Genus: Ptychadena
Species: Ptychadena mascareniensis
Name
Ptychadena mascareniensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
Type locality: "Island of Réunion, Mascarene Islands (Indian Ocean)".
Holotype: MNHNP 4379 to 4381, MCZ 1044, USNM 10975.
Synonyms
Rana mascareniensis Duméril & Bibron, 1841
Rana nilotica Seetzen, 1855
Rana savignyi Jan, 1857
Rana idae Steindachner, 1864
Rana nigrescens Steindachner, 1864
Rana spinidactyla Cope, 1865
Hyperolius idae — Boettger, 1879
Hyperolius nigrescens — Boettger, 1879
Rana marchei Rochebrune, 1885
Rana venusta Werner, 1908
Rana mascariensis — Meek, 1910
Rana (Ptychadena) mascareniensis — Boulenger, 1918
Rana mascareniensis venusta — Loveridge, 1933
Ptychadena mascareniensis — Deckert, 1938
Ptychadena bibroni — Laurent, 1950
Rana (Ptychadena) mascareniensis mascareniensis — De Witte, 1952
Rana (Ptychadena) mascareniensis venusta — Perret & Mertens, 1957
Ptychadena mascareniensis mascareniensis — Poynton, 1964
Ptychadena (Ptychadena) mascareniensis — Dubois, 1992
References
Duméril and Bibron, 1841, Erp. Gen., 8: 350.
Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 316.
Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Ptychadena mascareniensis . Accessed on 26 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ptychadena mascareniensis (Least Concern) Downloaded on 26 June 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Mascarene Grassland Frog
The Mascarene grass frog (Ptychadena mascareniensis), or Mascarene ridged frog, is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar,[2] and Mauritius.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.
Phylogeography / History
Ptychadena mascareniensis is the only African amphibian species thought to occur on Madagascar and the Mascarene islands.
Madagascar was populated by Ptychadena frogs before the arrival of humans 2000 years ago.
References
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Ptychadena mascareniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T76317565A79825430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T76317565A79825430.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3929449037.
Rödel, M.-O., Largen, M., Minter, L., Howell, K., Nussbaum, R. & Vences, M. 2004
Vences, Miguel; Kosuch, Joachim; Rödel, Mark-Oliver; Lötters, Stefan; Channing, Alan; Glaw, Frank; Böhme, Wolfgang (2004). "Phylogeography of Ptychadena mascareniensis Suggests Transoceanic Dispersal in a Widespread African-Malagasy Frog Lineage". Journal of Biogeography. 31 (4): 593–601. ISSN 0305-0270.
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