Ptychadena pujoli
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| Ptychadena pujoli | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ptychadenidae |
| Genus: | Ptychadena |
| Species: | P. pujoli |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychadena pujoli | |
Ptychadena pujoli is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is known from Macenta and Sérédou in Guinea, Sukurela in Sierra Leone, and Mount Nimba (its type locality) in Liberia and Ivory Coast.[1][3] Description of Ptychadena pujoli is based on old museum specimens, and very little is known about the ecology of this relatively recently (1997) described species.[1]
Before Ptychadena pujoli was described in 1997, it was mistakenly reported as Ptychadena bibroni (Hallowell, 1845);[1][2][3] this was caused by a mistake in the original species description by Edward Hallowell.[2] Ptychadena pujoli belongs to the so-called "Ptychadena stenocephala group", characterized by little webbing in the feet and by having sacral folds on the dorsum and tubercles on the feet. The other species in this group are Ptychadena arnei, Ptychadena ingeri, and Ptychadena tournieri;[4] Ptychadena pujoli is most similar to Ptychadena tournieri.[3]
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