Spinomantis microtis

Spinomantis microtis is a species of frog in the Mantellid subfamily Mantellinae, endemic to Madagascar.

Spinomantis microtis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Genus: Spinomantis
Species:
S. microtis
Binomial name
Spinomantis microtis
(Guibé, 1974)
Synonyms
  • Rhacophorus microtis Guibé, 1974
  • Boophis microtis (Guibé, 1974)
  • Mantidactylus microtis (Guibé, 1974)

Taxonomy

This species was described in the genus Rhacophorus by Guibé in 1974.[1] Glaw and Vences transferred it to Boophis in 1994.[2] Andreone and Randriamahazo transferred it to Mantidactylus in 1997,[3] and finally Glaw and Vences then moved it to Spinomantis in 2006.[4]

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.

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References
  1. Guibé, J. (1974). "Batraciens nouveaux de Madagascar". Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. Serie 3, Zoologie. 145: 1009–1017.
  2. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags GmbH.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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