Tsingymantis

Tsingymantis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Subfamily: Mantellinae
Genus: Tsingymantis
Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006
Species:
T. antitra
Binomial name
Tsingymantis antitra
Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006

Tsingymantis is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Mantellidae. The sole species is Tsingymantis antitra.

Taxonomy

Tsingymantis antitra was described by Glaw, Hoegg and Vences in 2006. Its taxonomic placement within the family Mantellidae remains uncertain, as it appears to be a basal taxon.

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to Ankarana Special Reserve, in northwestern Madagascar, where it lives among the limestone karst.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ 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. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3-929449-03-7.