Ptychadena broadleyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ptychadenidae
Genus: Ptychadena
Species: Ptychadena broadleyi

Name

Ptychadena broadleyi Stevens, 1972

Type locality: "rock face beside the Muluzi River on Mulanje Mountain, Malawi, at c. 930 metres above sea level".

Holotype: NMZB 25882.

Synonyms

• Ptychadena broadleyi Stevens, 1972
• Rana (Ptychadena) broadleyi — Dubois, 1981
• Ptychadena broadleyi — Dubois, 1987
• Ptychadena (Ptychadena) broadleyi — Dubois, 1992

References

• Stevens, 1972, Arnoldia, Zimbabwe, 5 : 1.
• Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 56.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Ptychadena broadleyi . Accessed on 26 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ptychadena broadleyi  (Endangered) Downloaded on 26 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Broadley's Grassland Frog