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Ptychadena superciliaris (Günther, 1858)
Rana superciliaris Günther, 1858, Arch. Naturgesch., 24: 320. Holotype: BMNH; holotype mentioned by Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 17, and Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 53. Type locality: "Sierra Leone".
Rana (Ptychadena) superciliaris — Guibé and Lamotte, 1955, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 27: 363; Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233; by implication.
Ptychadena superciliaris — Guibé and Lamotte, 1957, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 19: 942; Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 346; Perret, 1979, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 102: 18; Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 56; by implication.
Ptychadena (Ptychadena) superciliaris — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 316.
English Names
Savanna Ridged Frog (Broadley, 1973, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 10: 23).
Sierra Leone Grassland Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 106).
Large-eyed Grass Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 328).
Distribution
Forests of Sierra Leone through southern Guinea and Liberia to southern Ivory Coast and southwestern Ghana.
Comment
Ptychadena abyssinica (Peters, 1881), was considered a synonym by Poynton, 1970, Ann. Natal Mus., 20: 365-375, following Schmidt and Inger, 1959, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 56: 105-109, and Peters, 1881, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1881: 162. Ptychadena abyssinica was transferred to the synonymy of Ptychadena anchietae by Perret, 1976, Arq. Mus. Bocage, Ser. 2, 6: 20, and Perret, 1979, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 102: 18. The removal of Ptychadena superciliaris from the synonymy of Ptychadena anchietae was accepted by Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 115-181. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 631. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 328–329, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.
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