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title: "Nile Ridged Frog"
description: "Ptychadena nilotica — Amfibieën. Ptychadena nilotica is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/nile-ridged-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Nile Ridged Frog

> Ptychadena nilotica — Amfibieën. Ptychadena nilotica is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae.

- Scientific name: *Ptychadena nilotica*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 397
- Wikidata: [Q16440416](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16440416)
- iNaturalist taxon: [476664](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/476664)

## Names

- en: Nile Ridged Frog

## Countries with the most observations

KE (56), RW (32), ZM (30), ZA (27), TZ (24), UG (10), MW (7), BW (6), EG (6), MZ (6), AO (5), CD (5)

## Summary

Ptychadena nilotica is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is found in the upper reaches of the Nile and its  major tributaries in Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, and possibly Djibouti, Eritrea, and Somalia. Its natural habitats are wetlands near rivers, large lakes, swamps, and freshwater marshes  and springs., as well as dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, irrigation canals and ditches.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: rosshawkins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141468223

## Machine access

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