Mantidactylus betsileanus explained

Mantidactylus betsileanus is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae.It is endemic to Madagascar.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

Breeding takes place in streams, pools, puddles, and rice fields (Vences and Nussbaum 2008)

Possible reasons for amphibian decline

General habitat alteration and loss

Habitat modification from deforestation, or logging related activities

Habitat fragmentation

References

2)Edmonds, D., Kessler, E. and Bolte, L. (2019), How common is common? Rapidly assessing population size and structure of the frog Mantidactylus betsileanus at a site in eastā€central Madagascar. Austral Ecology

Notes and References

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