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Ptychadena subpunctata

species of amphibian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 2, 2025
Entity authorityQ2246210 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ptychadena subpunctata is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae.

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ptychadena subpunctata” as species of amphibian. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 41-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Ptychadena, subpunctata and species can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of amphibian. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 2, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2246210. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ptychadena subpunctata”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ptychadena subpunctata primary sources, Ptychadena subpunctata archive and Ptychadena research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Has classification or technical consensus changed since the cited source?
  3. Is the terminology current, historical or disputed?
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This entry incorporates text from “Ptychadena subpunctata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.