Ptychadenidae

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title: "Ptychadenidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ptychadenidae", "amphibian-families"] description: "Family of amphibians in Sub-Saharan Africa" topic_path: "general/ptychadenidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptychadenidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Family of amphibians in Sub-Saharan Africa ::

| image = Ptychadena mascareniensis (15720108898).jpg | image_caption = Ptychadena mascareniensis | taxon = Ptychadenidae | authority = Dubois, 1987 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision =

• Hildebrandtia
• Lanzarana
• Ptychadena

Ptychadenidae is a family of frogs commonly known as the grassland frogs. These frogs occur in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ptychadenidae was previously considered to be a tribe or subfamily in the family Ranidae, but its position as a separate family is now well established.

Subfamilies and genera

There are three genera with a total 60 species:

• Hildebrandtia Nieden, 1907 — 3 species
• Lanzarana Clarke, 1982 — 1 species
• Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917 — 59 species

References

References

1. Frost, Darrel R.. (2014). "Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987". American Museum of Natural History.
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3. (2014). "Ptychadenidae". Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb.

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