Ptychadena mutinondoensis Channing and Willem, 2018

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ptychadenidae > Genus: Ptychadena > Species: Ptychadena mutinondoensis

Ptychadena mutinondoensis Channing and Willems, 2018, Zootaxa, 4462: 355. Holotype: ZMB 88379, by original designation. Type locality: "Mutinondo Wilderness, northern Zambia (12.456° S; 31.293° E, 1430 m)". Zoobank publication registration: 55F9D6C8-6A28-4291-AF99-7250501508FB

Common Names

Mutinondo Grass Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Seeps on granitic inselbergs, Mutinondo Wilderness, northern Zambia. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Zambia

Endemic: Zambia

Comment

Insofar as is known this is the only species of Ptychadena with rupicolous larvae, according to the original publication. In the Ptychadena bibroni group of Nečas, Mazuch, Czurda, Elmi, Rödel, and Gvoždík, 2025, Afr. J. Herpetol., 73: 236–260. 

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