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title: "Anchieta's Ridged Frog"
description: "Ptychadena anchietae — Anfibi. Anchieta's ridged frog or plain grass frog (Ptychadena anchietae) is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/anchieta-s-ridged-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Anchieta's Ridged Frog

> Ptychadena anchietae — Anfibi. Anchieta's ridged frog or plain grass frog (Ptychadena anchietae) is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae.

- Scientific name: *Ptychadena anchietae*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1524
- Wikidata: [Q2245454](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2245454)
- iNaturalist taxon: [25778](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/25778)

## Names

- en: Anchieta's Ridged Frog
- es: Rana Puntiaguda de Anchieta
- nl: Anchieta's ridged frog

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (636), KE (155), TZ (85), MW (64), MZ (45), ZM (39), ZW (38), SZ (17), AO (14), BW (10), RW (8), UG (6)

## Summary

Anchieta's ridged frog or plain grass frog (Ptychadena anchietae) is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, and possibly Rwanda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchieta%27s_ridged_frog

## Photo

![Anchieta's Ridged Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/anchieta-s-ridged-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Prince Molokomme · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265676042

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/anchieta-s-ridged-frog?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).