Tsingymantis antitra Glaw, Hoegg, and Vences, 2006

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Mantellinae > Genus: Tsingymantis > Species: Tsingymantis antitra

Tsingymantis antitra Glaw, Hoegg, and Vences, 2006, Zootaxa, 1334: 31. Holotype: ZSM 304/2005, by original designation. Type locality: "'Point de Vue Petit Tsingy', 12° 57′ 25″ S, 49° 07′ 05″ E, 117 m alt, Ankarana Special Reserve, northern Madagascar".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the Ankarana forest reserve, northern Madagascar.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 228-229, provided an account. Randrianiaina, Köhler, Glos, Vences, and Glaw, 2011, Salamandra, 47: 77-89, reported on the larva breeding habitats. Rakotoarison, Köhler, Glaw, and Vences, 2013, Spixiana, München: 143-148, reported on the advertisement call. 

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