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| name = Ptychadena newtoni
| image =
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| status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 14 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=''Ptychadena newtoni'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T58514A149771702 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58514A149771702.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| taxon = Ptychadena newtoni
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| authority = ([[Jose Vicente Barboza du Bocage|Bocage]], 1886)
| classis = [[Amphibia]]
| ordo = [[Anura]]
| synonyms =
| range_map = Locator map of São Tomé in São Tomé & Príncipe.jpg
| familia = [[Ranidae]]
| range_map_caption = range
| genus = ''[[Ptychadena]]''
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| species = '''''P. newtoni'''''
| binomial = ''Ptychadena newtoni''
| binomial_authority = ([[Jose Vicente Barboza du Bocage|Bocage]], 1886)
| synonyms = }}
'''''Ptychadena newtoni''''' is a species of [[frog]] in the [[Ranidae]] family.
It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[São Tomé and Príncipe]].
Its natural [[habitat]]s are [[swamp]]s, freshwater [[marsh]]es, [[arable land]], [[plantation]]s, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and [[canal]]s and ditches.
It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].


'''''Ptychadena newtoni''''' is a species of [[frog]] in the family [[Ptychadenidae]]. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[São Tomé Island|island of São Tomé]] in [[São Tomé and Príncipe]], where it occurs up to 600 metres elevation.<ref name="iucn status 14 November 2021" /> Its natural [[habitat]]s are [[swamp]]s, freshwater [[marsh]]es, [[arable land]], [[plantation]]s, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and [[canal]]s and ditches. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]]. The animal was first described as ''Rana newtoni'' by [[Jose Vicente Barboza du Bocage|Bocage]] in 1886.<ref>[[Jose Vicente Barboza du Bocage|Bocage]], 1866. ''[https://archive.org/details/jornaldesciencia11acad Reptiles et bataciens nouveaux de lIe de St. Thomé. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes]'', Lisboa, vol. 11, p.&nbsp;71-75</ref> The species is named after [[Francisco Xavier Oakley de Aguiar Newton]] (1864–1909).<ref>{{cite book|last=Beolens|last2=Watkins |last3=Grayson|year=2013|title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians|publisher=Pelagic Publishing Ltd|pages=154|url={{google books|QJY3BAAAQBAJ|page=154|plainurl=yes}}}}</ref>
== Source ==
* Drewes, R. 2006. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/58514/all Ptychadena newtoni]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 July 2007.


==References==
[[Category:Ptychadena]]
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[[Category:Fauna of São Tomé and Príncipe]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of São Tomé and Príncipe]]


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Latest revision as of 21:09, 31 October 2022

Ptychadena newtoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ptychadenidae
Genus: Ptychadena
Species:
P. newtoni
Binomial name
Ptychadena newtoni
(Bocage, 1886)
range

Ptychadena newtoni is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe, where it occurs up to 600 metres elevation.[1] Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss. The animal was first described as Rana newtoni by Bocage in 1886.[2] The species is named after Francisco Xavier Oakley de Aguiar Newton (1864–1909).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Ptychadena newtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58514A149771702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58514A149771702.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bocage, 1866. Reptiles et bataciens nouveaux de lIe de St. Thomé. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes, Lisboa, vol. 11, p. 71-75
  3. ^ Beolens; Watkins; Grayson (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing Ltd. p. 154.