Biology:Rhombophryne ellae

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Rhombophryne ellae
Rhombophryne ellae (10.3897-zse.96.51372) Figure 2 (cropped).jpg
A Rhombophryne ellae frog on leaf litter
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Cophylinae
Genus: Rhombophryne
Species:
R. ellae
Binomial name
Rhombophryne ellae
Scherz, 2020[1]

Rhombophryne ellae is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Montagne d'Ambre National Park in the northern Madagascar .[1][2][3] The species was discovered soon after it was possibly forced out of its habitat by Cyclone Ava.[4][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Scherz, Mark D. (2020). "Diamond frogs forever: a new species of Rhombophryne Boettger, 1880 (Microhylidae, Cophylinae) from Montagne d'Ambre National Park, northern Madagascar". Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2): 313–323. doi:10.3897/zse.96.51372. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Rhombophryne ellae Scherz, 2020". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Cophylinae/Rhombophryne/Rhombophryne-ellae. 
  3. "Rhombophryne ellae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2020. http://amphibiaweb.org/species/9210. 
  4. "Scientists Discover A New Species Of 'Diamond' Frog In Madagascar" (in en). 2020-06-16. https://www.ibtimes.sg/scientists-discover-new-species-diamond-frog-madagascar-46966. 
  5. Publishers, Pensoft (2020-06-20). "New Diamond Frog From Northern Madagascar – "As Soon as I Saw This Frog, I Knew It Was a New Species!"" (in en-US). https://scitechdaily.com/new-diamond-frog-from-northern-madagascar-as-soon-as-i-saw-this-frog-i-knew-it-was-a-new-species/. 

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