Ptychadena newtoni

Ptychadena newtoni is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe, where it occurs up to 600 metres elevation.[1] Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss. The animal was first described as Rana newtoni by Bocage in 1886.[2] The species is named after Francisco Xavier Oakley de Aguiar Newton (1864–1909).[3]

Ptychadena newtoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ptychadenidae
Genus: Ptychadena
Species:
P. newtoni
Binomial name
Ptychadena newtoni
(Bocage, 1886)

References
  1. Drewes, R. (2006). "Ptychadena newtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T58514A11791721. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T58514A11791721.en.
  2. Bocage, 1866. Reptiles et bataciens nouveaux de lIe de St. Thomé. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes, Lisboa, vol. 11, p. 71-75
  3. Beolens; Watkins; Grayson (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing Ltd. p. 154.


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