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Spinomantis aglavei

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Spinomantis aglavei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Genus: Spinomantis
Species:
S. aglavei
Binomial name
Spinomantis aglavei
(Methuen & Hewitt, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Mantidactylus aglavei (Methuen and Hewitt, 1913)
  • Boophis sikorae (Boettger, 1913)
  • Boophis aglavei (Methuen and Hewitt, 1913)
  • Rhacophorus sikorae Boettger, 1913
  • Rhacophorus aglavei Methuen and Hewitt, 1913

Spinomantis aglavei is a species of frog in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae, endemic to Madagascar.

Taxonomy

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This species was originally described in the genus Rhacophorus. It was transferred to the genus Boophis by Guibé in 1947,[2] and subsequently to the genus Mantidactylus by Blommers-Schlösser in 1979.[3] Dubois made this species the type species of the subgenus Spinomantis,[4] which was elevated to genus-level in 2006.[5]

Oskar Boettger described Rhacophorus sikorae in 1913, but this name was considered a junior synonym of Spinomantis aglavei by Barbour and Loveridge in 1946[6] and all subsequent works.

Habitat and ecology

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This species occurs in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Spinomantis aglavei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T57453A84168317. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57453A84168317.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Guibé, J. (1947). "Description d'un batracien nouveau de Madagascar (Boophis laurenti n. sp.) et synonymie de plusieurs espèces du genre Boophis". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Serie 2. 19. Paris: 438–439.
  3. ^ Blommers-Schlösser, R. M. A. (1979). "Biosystematics of the Malagasy frogs I. Mantellinae (Ranidae)". Beaufortia. 29: 1–77.
  4. ^ Dubois, A. (1992). "Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures)". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 61: 305–352.
  5. ^ Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2006). "Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura)". Organisms, Diversity & Evolution. 6 (2006): 236–253. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.001.
  6. ^ Barbour, T.; Loveridge, A. (1946). "First supplement to typical reptiles and amphibians". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 96: 59–214.