Heterixalus punctatus

Heterixalus punctatus is a species of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae endemic to Madagascar.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

Heterixalus punctatus
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Heterixalus
Species:
H. punctatus
Binomial name
Heterixalus punctatus
Glaw & Vences, 1994

References

  1. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3929449037.


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