Ptychadena subpunctata (Bocage, 1866) Speckled-bellied Ridged Frog (Map 32)

Material (2 specimens): PEM A14874, Ninda River, -14.84018° 21.66556°, 1,081 m asl ; PEM A14812, Luio River camp floodplains, -13.19711° 20.22194°, 1,181 m asl. Description: Large robust Ptychadena; snout pointed; two phalanges of longest toe free of webbing; large tympanum; small elevated inner metatarsal tubercle; outer metatarsal tubercle absent. Dorsum brown, with large rounded dark brown spots; dorsal ridges pale; narrow vertebral stripe present; lower jaw barred; white spot below eye; back of thighs with two continuous black stripes below vent from knee to knee; white stripe on dorsal tibia; ventrum finely spotted. In males, the forearms and thumbs are swollen and nuptial pads are black. Adult males (n = 2) varied from 44.6–61.0 (53.1) mm (largest male: PEM A14874). Habitat and natural history notes: Only found at Zambezi River tributaries to the east and clearly absent from the source lake area. Comments: Although originally described from Angola, only a few records are known from the country (Marques et al. 2018) .