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title: "Mascarene Ridged Frog"
description: "Ptychadena mascareniensis — Amfibieën. The Mascarene grass frog (Ptychadena mascareniensis), or Mascarene ridged frog, is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mascarene-ridged-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mascarene Ridged Frog

> Ptychadena mascareniensis — Amfibieën. The Mascarene grass frog (Ptychadena mascareniensis), or Mascarene ridged frog, is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae.

- Scientific name: *Ptychadena mascareniensis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 957
- Wikidata: [Q2558327](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2558327)
- iNaturalist taxon: [25782](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/25782)

## Names

- en: Mascarene Ridged Frog
- de: Maskarenen-Springfrosch
- fr: Grenouille des Mascareignes

## Countries with the most observations

MG (447), RE (71), SC (32), MU (16), MW (11), CM (6), ZA (6), ZM (6), KE (4)

## Summary

The Mascarene grass frog (Ptychadena mascareniensis), or Mascarene ridged frog, is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and Mauritius.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascarene_grass_frog

## Photo

![Mascarene Ridged Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mascarene-ridged-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9610961

## Machine access

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