Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Ptychadena perreti Guibé and Lamotte, 1958, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 20: 1456. Syntypes: MNHNP 58.367-368, by original designation. Type locality: "Foulassi, Sangmélima (Cameroon), en forêt".

Rana (Ptychadena) perreti — Guibé and Lamotte, 1958, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 20: 1448. Dubois, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 233; by implication.

Rana perreti — Inger, 1968, Explor. Parc Natl. Garamba, Miss. H. de Saeger, 52: 75.

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

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

English Names

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

Distribution

Cameroon and Gabon and Rep. Congo through southwestern Central African Republic to northern Dem. Rep. Congo; possibly into Cabina enclave of Angola.

Comment

See Perret, 1966, Zool. Jahrb., Jena, Abt. Syst., 93: 342-343; Inger, 1968, Explor. Parc Natl. Garamba, Miss. H. de Saeger, 52: 75; and Amiet, 1974, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 18: 118. Frétey and Blanc, 2001, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 126: 385, reported this species from Gabon. Jackson and Blackburn, 2007, Salamandra, 43: 149-164, provided a record for Nouabale-Ndoki National Park, Rep. Congo.

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