Ptychadena obscura (Schmidt & Inger, 1959)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Ptychadena obscura is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae.
It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, possibly Angola, and possibly Tanzania.
Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater lakes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
Wikipedia contributors, Ptychadena obscura; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:22:31.279872+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ptychadena obscura (Schmidt & Inger, 1959)
- Name authority
- (Schmidt & Inger, 1959)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ptychadenidae
- Genus
- Ptychadena
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyPtychadenidae Dubois, 1987
- genusPtychadena Boulenger, 1917
- speciesPtychadena obscura (Schmidt & Inger, 1959)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ptychadena. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ptychadena aequiplicata (Werner, 1898) | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ptychadena ansorgii (Boulenger, 1905) | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ptychadena baroensis Smith, Noonan & Colston, 2017 | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ptychadena bibroni (Hallowell, 1845) | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ptychadena broadleyi Stevens, 1972 | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ptychadena bunoderma (Boulenger, 1907) | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ptychadena christyi (Boulenger, 1919) | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ptychadena keilingi (Monard, 1937) | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ptychadena levenorum Smith, Noonan & Colston, 2017 | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ptychadena longirostris (Peters, 1870) | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ptychadena mahnerti Perret, 1996 | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ptychadena mascareniensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rana obscura Schmidt & Inger, 1959 Schmidt & Inger, 1959 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=665230 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4Q9R7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.