A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS PTYCHADENA (AN URA, RANIDAE) FROM KENYA

Authors
PERRET JL
Citation
Jl. Perret, A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS PTYCHADENA (AN URA, RANIDAE) FROM KENYA, Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 103(3), 1996, pp. 757-766
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Revue Suisse de Zoologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
0035418X
Volume
103
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
757 - 766
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-418X(1996)103:3<757:ANSOTG>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
- Discovered during the Geneva Museum zoological missions (1974-1977) in Kenya, a new species of grass frog: Ptychadena mahnerti n. sp. is d escribed. A highland savanna dweller. it is readily distinguished by i ts particular femoral pattern as well as by its voice. The other Kenya n Ptychadena species are compared and discussed.