Tsingymantis

Tsingymantis is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Mantellidae. The sole species is Tsingymantis antitra.[2]

Tsingymantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Subfamily: Mantellinae
Genus: Tsingymantis
Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006
Species:
T. antitra
Binomial name
Tsingymantis antitra
Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006

Taxonomy

Tsingymantis antitra was described in by Glaw, Hoegg and Vences in 2006.[3] Its taxonomic placement within the family Mantellidae remains uncertain, because it is apparently a basal taxon.[3][4]

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to Ankarana Special Reserve, in northwestern Madagascar,[1][4] where it lives among the limestone karst.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Tsingymantis antitra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Tsingymantis Glaw, Hoegg, and Vences, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. Glaw, Frank; Hoegg, S.; Vences, Miguel (2006). "Discovery of a new basal relict lineage of Madagascan frogs and its implications for mantellid evolution". Zootaxa. 1334: 27–43.
  4. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3929449037.


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