Spinomantis massi
| Spinomantis massi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Mantellidae |
| Subfamily: | Mantellinae |
| Genus: | Spinomantis |
| Species: | S. massi |
| Binomial name | |
| Spinomantis massi (Glaw & Vences, 1994) | |
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Spinomantis massi is a species of frog in the Mantellid subfamily Mantellinae, endemic to Madagascar.
Taxonomy
This species was described in the genus Mantidactylus, subgenus Spinomantis, by Glaw & Vences in 1994.[1][2]
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
- ↑ Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (2nd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags GmbH.
- ↑ 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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