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.
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).
western Angola to northern Angola, presumably in the intervening region of Dem. Rep. Congo.
See account by Channing, 2001, Amph. Cent. S. Afr.: 336-337.
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