Biology:Tsingymantis
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Mantellidae |
| Subfamily: | Mantellinae |
| Genus: | Tsingymantis Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006 |
| Species: | T. antitra
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| Tsingymantis antitra Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006
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Tsingymantis is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Mantellidae. The sole species is Tsingymantis antitra.[2]
Taxonomy
Tsingymantis antitra was described in by Glaw, Hoegg and Vences in 2006.[3] Its taxonomic placement within the family Mantellidae remains uncertain, because it is apparently a basal taxon.[3][4]
Distribution and habitat
This species is endemic to Ankarana Special Reserve, in northwestern Madagascar ,[1][4] where it lives among the limestone karst.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Tsingymantis antitra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T135798A177277807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T135798A177277807.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135798/177277807. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Tsingymantis Glaw, Hoegg, and Vences, 2006". 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/Tsingymantis.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Glaw, Frank; Hoegg, S.; Vences, Miguel (2006). "Discovery of a new basal relict lineage of Madagascan frogs and its implications for mantellid evolution". Zootaxa 1334: 27–43.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3929449037.
Wikidata ☰ Q1921941 entry
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