| Spinomantis microtis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Mantellidae |
| Genus: | Spinomantis |
| Species: | S. microtis |
| Binomial name | |
| Spinomantis microtis (Guibé, 1974) | |
| Synonyms | |
Spinomantis microtis is a species of frog in the Mantellid subfamily Mantellinae, endemic to Madagascar.
Taxonomy
This species was described in the genus Rhacophorus by Guibé in 1974.[2] Glaw and Vences transferred it to Boophis in 1994.[3] Andreone and Randriamahazo transferred it to Mantidactylus in 1997,[4] and finally Glaw and Vences then moved it to Spinomantis in 2006.[5]
Habitat and ecology
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Spinomantis microtis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T57504A84174370. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57504A84174370.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Guibé, J. (1974). "Batraciens nouveaux de Madagascar". Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. Serie 3, Zoologie. 145: 1009–1017.
- ↑ Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags GmbH.
- ↑ Andreone, F.; Randriamahazo, H. (1997). "Ecological and taxonomic observations on the amphibians and reptiles of the Andohahela low altitude rainforest, S. Madagascar". Revue Française d'Aquariologie, Herpétologie. 24: 95–127.
- ↑ Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2006). "Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura)". Organisms, Diversity & Evolution. 6 (2006): 236–253. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.001.
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