Ptychadena nuerensis Smith, Noonan, and Colston, 2017

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ptychadenidae > Genus: Ptychadena > Species: Ptychadena nuerensis

Ptychadena nuerensis Smith, Noonan, and Colston, 2017, R. Soc. Open Sci., 4(170021): 11. Holotype: Timothy J. Colston 455, by original designation. Type locality: "Telouse, Lare, Gambela Region, Ethiopia, 8.26875° N, 33.94616° E, 415 m". Invalid nomenclatural act due to publishing a new name in an electronic journal without zoobank number. 

Ptychadena nuerensis Smith, Noonan, and Colston, 2017, R. Soc. Open Sci., 4(171389): 2. Holotype: Timoty J. Colston 455, by original designation. Type locality: "Telouse, Lare, Gambela Region, Ethiopia, 8.26875° N, 33.94616° E, 415 m". Zoobank publication registration: A36FA32C-19F8-491D-B2CE-BD13B388AC93

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Lowland savannahs, particularly at the margins of permanent water, west of the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia; but may be more widespread into neighboring countries.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ethiopia

Endemic: Ethiopia

Comment

Stated to be the sister taxon of Ptychadena nilotica in the original (but nomenclaturally invalid) publication

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