Spinomantis microtis explained

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

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.

Notes and References

1. Guibé. J.. Batraciens nouveaux de Madagascar. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. Serie 3, Zoologie. 1974. 145. 1009–1017.
2. Book: Glaw. Frank. Vences. Miguel. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. 1994. Vences & Glaw Verlags GmbH. Cologne, Germany.
3. Andreone. F.. Randriamahazo. H.. Ecological and taxonomic observations on the amphibians and reptiles of the Andohahela low altitude rainforest, S. Madagascar. Revue Française d'Aquariologie, Herpétologie. 1997. 24. 95–127.
4. Glaw. Frank. Vences. Miguel. Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution. 2006. 6. 2006. 236–253. 10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.001. free.