Biology:Rhombophryne ellae
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| Rhombophryne ellae | |
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| A Rhombophryne ellae frog on leaf litter | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Cophylinae |
| Genus: | Rhombophryne |
| Species: | R. ellae
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhombophryne ellae Scherz, 2020[1]
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Rhombophryne ellae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2020. http://amphibiaweb.org/species/9210.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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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