Biology:Stumpffia pygmaea

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Short description: Species of frog

Stumpffia pygmaea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Cophylinae
Genus: Stumpffia
Species:
S. pygmaea
Binomial name
Stumpffia pygmaea
Vences & Glaw, 1991
Synonyms[2]

Rhombophryne pygmaea Peloso et al., 2016

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.[1]

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.[3][4]

A relative comparison of the world's smallest frogs

References

Wikidata ☰ Q28036499 entry