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Ptychadena perplicata Laurent, 1964
Ptychadena perplicata Laurent, 1964, Publ. Cult. Companhia Diamantes Angola, 67: 136. Holotype: MD 5513, by original designation. Type locality: "Alto Chicapa, humidiherbosa des sources du Cuílo, Lunda", Angola.
Rana (Ptychadena) perplicata — Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233, by implication.
Ptychadena perplicata — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 56, by implication.
Ptychadena (Ptychadena) perplicata — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 316.
English Names
Lunda Grassland Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 105).
Many-ridged Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 336).
Many-ridged Grass Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 338).
Distribution
Northeastern Angola to Zambia, presumably in the intervening region of Dem. Rep. Congo.
Comment
See account by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 336-337. Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn, and Bauer, 2018, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 65 (Suppl. II): 138, provided a map for Angola and brief discussion of the literature. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 338–339, provided a brief account and range map.
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