Names with citations in year 1959
- Class: Amphibia
- Order: Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
- Synonym: Anuromorpha Kuhn, 1959
- Family: Arthroleptidae
- Family: Bombinatoridae
- Family: Bufonidae
- Family: Conrauidae
- Family: Craugastoridae
- Family: Eleutherodactylidae
- Family: Hylidae
- Family: Hyperoliidae
- Family: Leptodactylidae
- Family: Microhylidae
- Family: Pelobatidae
- Family: Phrynobatrachidae
- Genus: Phrynobatrachus
- Species: Phrynobatrachus anotis Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Species: Phrynobatrachus batesii (Boulenger, 1906)
- Synonym: Phrynobatrachus batesi — Perret, 1959
- Species: Phrynobatrachus cryptotis Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Species: Phrynobatrachus hylaios Perret, 1959
- Synonym: Phrynobatrachus werneri hylaios Perret, 1959
- Species: Phrynobatrachus manengoubensis (Angel, 1940)
- Synonym: Phrynobatrachus manengoubensis — Perret, 1959
- Species: Phrynobatrachus villiersi Guibé, 1959
- Species: Phrynobatrachus werneri (Nieden, 1910)
- Synonym: Phrynobatrachus werneri werneri — Perret, 1959
- Family: Pipidae
- Family: Ptychadenidae
- Genus: Hildebrandtia
- Species: Hildebrandtia ornata (Peters, 1878)
- Synonym: Rana ornata budgetti — Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Synonym: Rana ornata moeruensis — Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Synonym: Rana ornata ornata — Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Species: Hildebrandtia ornatissima (Bocage, 1879)
- Synonym: Rana ornata ornatissima — Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Synonym: Rana ornata togoensis — Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Genus: Ptychadena
- Species: Ptychadena grandisonae Laurent, 1954
- Synonym: Rana grandisonae — Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Species: Ptychadena hylaea Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) mascareniensis hylaea Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Species: Ptychadena obscura (Schmidt and Inger, 1959)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) obscura Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Species: Ptychadena schillukorum (Werner, 1908)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) frontalis — Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Species: Ptychadena upembae (Schmidt and Inger, 1959)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) upembae Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Species: Ptychadena uzungwensis (Loveridge, 1932)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) uzungwensis — Schmidt and Inger, 1959
- Family: Pyxicephalidae
- Family: Ranidae
- Family: Rhacophoridae
- Family: Telmatobiidae
- Order: Caudata
- Order: Gymnophiona