Anchieta's Ridged Frog
Ptychadena anchietae
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
- OrderAnura (Anurs)
- FamilyPtychadenidae (Grassland Frogs)
- GenusPtychadena (Ridged Frogs)
- SpeciesPtychadena anchietae (Anchieta's Ridged Frog)
Anchieta's ridged frog or plain grass frog (Ptychadena anchietae) is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, and possibly Rwanda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, hot deserts, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, and ponds. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Mkomazi National Park
Sharp-nosed ridged frog
Ptychadena oxyrhynchus
Senegal Kassina
Kassina senegalensis
Gong Rock Frog
Hyperolius glandicolor
Mainland Reed Frog
Hyperolius substriatus
Shovel-nosed Frog
Hemisus marmoratus
Yellow-spotted Tree Frog
Leptopelis flavomaculatus
Mazumbai Warty Frog
Callulina kisiwamsitu
Red-Banded Rubber Frog
Phrynomantis bifasciatus
Water Lily Reed Frog
Hyperolius pusillus
African Common Toad
Sclerophrys gutturalis
Edible bullfrog
Pyxicephalus edulis
Delicate Spiny Reed Frog
Afrixalus delicatus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Anchieta's Ridged Frog at Mkomazi National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there