Ptychadena newtoni

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

Ptychadena newtoni is a species of frog in the Ptychadenidae family. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe. 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.

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