| Ptychadena | |
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| Ptychadena mascareniensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ptychadenidae |
| Genus: |
Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917 |
| Type species | |
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Rana mascareniensis Duméril and Bibron, 1841 |
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Ptychadena is a genus of frogs in the Ptychadenidae family, the grassland frogs. They are distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as nilotic Egypt. The common names of this genus are ridged frogs and grass frogs.
There are 51 species in this genus: