Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Ptychadenidae > Ptychadena > Ptychadena broadleyi

Ptychadena broadleyi (Broadley's Ridged Frog)

Synonyms: Rana broadleyi

Wikipedia Abstract

Ptychadena broadleyi, the Broadley's ridged frog, is a species of frog in the Ptychadenidae family. It is endemic to Malawi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, and rocky areas.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Ptychadena broadleyi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
61
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 12.97
EDGE Score: 4.72
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.89 inches (4.8 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic Malawi, Mozambique Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve 144452 Malawi  
Zomba Forest Reserve 14720 Malawi  

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0