Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Ptychadena grandisonae Laurent, 1954, Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge, Tervuren, Zool., 34: 11. Holotype: MD 506, by original designation. Type locality: "Muita, Luembe E., Angola".

Rana (Ptychadena) grandisonae — Guibé and Lamotte, 1957, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 19: 942. by implication.

Rana grandisonae — Schmidt and Inger, 1959, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 56: 70-75.

Ptychadena grandisonae — Poynton, 1970, Ann. Natal Mus., 20: 370. Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 56; by implication.

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

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

English Names

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

Grandison's Ridged Frog (Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 325).

Distribution

Open savannas in Angola through southern Dem. Rep. Congo to Rwanda, western Tanzania, and northern and western Zambia.

Comment

Reviewed by Schmidt and Inger, 1959, Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba, Miss. G.F. de Witte, 56: 70-75. Specimens cited by Amiet, 1973, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 13: 137, and Amiet, 1974, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 18: 112, were confused with Ptychadena straeleni, according to Perret, 1979, Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat., 102: 18. See also accounts by Poynton and Broadley, 1985, Ann. Natal Mus., 27: 150, and Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 325.

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