Biology:Gephyromantis pseudoasper

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Gephyromantis pseudoasper
Gephyromantis-pseudoasper.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Genus: Gephyromantis
Subgenus: Gephyromantis (Phylacomantis)
Species:
G. pseudoasper
Binomial name
Gephyromantis pseudoasper
(Guibé, 1974)
Gephyromantis pseudoasper map-fr.svg
Synonyms[2]
  • Mantidactylus glandulosus Methuen and Hewitt, 1913
  • Guibé, 1974 Mantidactylus pseudoasper

Gephyromantis pseudoasper, also known as the Massif Madagascar frog, is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to northern Madagascar .[1][2] It occurs in both pristine and degraded rainforests and in secondary vegetation at elevations up to 900 m (3,000 ft) above sea level. It can be found both on the ground and in trees. Breeding takes place in streams.[1]

The advertisement call of the species is an energetic, high-pitched series of notes, emitted often in the early hours of the morning. File:Gephyromantis pseudoasper advertisement call.wav

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Gephyromantis pseudoasper". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T57513A84175596. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57513A84175596.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/57513/84175596. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Gephyromantis pseudoasper (Guibé, 1974)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Mantellinae/Gephyromantis/Gephyromantis-pseudoasper. Retrieved 3 April 2018. 

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