Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Ptychadena broadleyi Stevens, 1972, Arnoldia, Zimbabwe, 5: 1. Holotype: NMZB (formerly UM) 25882, by original designation. Type locality: "rock face beside the Muluzi River on Mulanje Mountain, Malawi, at c. 930 metres above sea level".

Rana (Ptychadena) broadleyi — Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233. by implication.

Ptychadena broadleyi — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 56. by implication.

Ptychadena (Ptychadena) broadleyi — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 316.

English Names

Broadley's Grassland Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 105).

Broadley's Ridged Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 322).

Distribution

Mulanje Mountain and Zomba Plateau, southern Malawi, above 1000 m elevation.

Comment

See Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 151, and Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 322-323, for accounts. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 500. Mercurio, 2011, Amph. Malawi: 254, provided an account for Malawi.

External Links

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• For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
• For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
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