Ptychadena wadei Largen, 2000
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 wadei is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is endemic to Ethiopia and only known from a small area southeast of Lake Tana, in the upper reaches of the Blue Nile. The specific name wadei honours Edward O.Z. Wade, an English illustrator and herpetology enthusiast who drew some of the illustrations accompanying the species description. Common name Wade's grass frog has been coined for it.
Wikipedia contributors, Ptychadena wadei; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:22:31.280866+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ptychadena wadei Largen, 2000
- Name authority
- Largen, 2000
- 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 wadei Largen, 2000
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 |
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=665250 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:4Q9RZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.