Biology:Stumpffia pygmaea
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Short description: Species of frog
| Stumpffia pygmaea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Cophylinae |
| Genus: | Stumpffia |
| Species: | S. pygmaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Stumpffia pygmaea Vences & Glaw, 1991
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Stumpffia pygmaea is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Madagascar , where it is known from only two islands, Nosy Be and Nosy Komba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations.
Male Stumpffia pygmaea have a snout–vent length of 10–12.5 mm (0.39–0.49 in), and females a snout-vent length of 11 mm (0.43 in). Stumpffia pygmaea is a terrestrial microhylid frog.[2][3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sources
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Stumpffia pygmaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T58012A84183445. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T58012A84183445.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58012/84183445. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Stumpffia pygmaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T58012A84183445. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T58012A84183445.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58012/84183445. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Das, I.; A. Haas. (2010). "New species of Microhyla from Sarawak: Old World's smallest frogs crawl out of miniature pitcher plants on Borneo (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae)". Zootaxa 2571: 37–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2571.1.2. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02571p052f.pdf.
- ↑ About Stumpffia pygmaea page192-193
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q28036499 entry
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