Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana trinodis Boettger, 1881, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 12: 414. Syntypes: 16 specimens, formerly SMF, now lost (not mentioned in type catalog of Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 1-106). NHMW 13447 (4 specimens) considered paratypes (syntypes?) by Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 33. Type localities: "Dakar" and "Rufisque", Senegal.

Rana (Ptychadena) trinodis — De Witte, 1921, Rev. Zool. Afr., 9: 7. Guibé and Lamotte, 1957, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 19: 943.

Ptychadena trinodis — Guibé and Lamotte, 1957, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 19: 942. Lamotte, 1958, Bull. Inst. Franç. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 20: 1464; Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 56; by implication.

Rana trinodis — Inger, 1968, Explor. Parc Natl. Garamba, Miss. H. de Saeger, 52: 91.

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

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

English Names

Dakar Grassland Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 106).

Distribution

Senegal to Mauritania, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Dem. Rep. Congo (Garamba).

Comment

Studied by Schiøtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 24; Inger, 1968, Explor. Parc Natl. Garamba, Miss. H. de Saeger, 52: 91; and Amiet, 1974, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 18: 124. Removed from the synonymy of Ptychadena mossambica by Inger, 1968, Explor. Parc Natl. Garamba, Miss. H. de Saeger, 52: 91, where it had been placed by Loveridge, 1957, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 117: 341. Rödel, 2000, Herpetofauna W. Afr., 1: 124-127, provided an account. Padial, 2003, Herpetol. Rev., 34: 260, provided the record from Mauritania. Padial and De la Riva, 2004, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 18: 94, provided records from Mauritania. Wanger, 2005, Salamandra, 41: 27-33, provided Gambia records. Nago, Grell, Sinsin, and Rödel, 2006, Salamandra, 42: 93-108, provided a record for Benin. Schiøtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 24, provided records for Nigeria. Emms, Jambang, Bah, Mankali, Rödel, and Barnett, 2005, Herpetol. Bull., London, 94: 6-16, provided records for Gambia.

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