Spinomantis massi

Spinomantis massi
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)
Synonyms
  • Mantidactylus (Spinomantis) massi Glaw & Vences, 1994
  • Mantidactylus (Spinomantis) massorum Glaw & Vences, 1994
  • Spinomantis massorum (Glaw & Vences, 1994</small)>

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

  1. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (2nd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags GmbH.
  2. 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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