Ptychadena tellinii
| Ptychadena tellinii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ptychadenidae |
| Genus: | Ptychadena |
| Species: | P. tellinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychadena tellinii (Peracca, 1904) | |
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Ptychadena tellinii is a species of frog in the Ptychadenidae family. It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, possibly Benin, possibly Chad, possibly Guinea, possibly Liberia, and possibly Sudan.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, rural gardens, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- C. Michael Hogan & J. Manalel. 2013. Ptychadena tellinii. ed. B. Zimkus. African Amphibians Lifedesk
- M.-O. Rödel & M. Largen. 2004. Ptychadena tellinii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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