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Wakea madinika

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Wakea madinika
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Subfamily: Mantellinae
Genus: Wakea
Glaw & Vences, 2006
Species:
W. madinika
Binomial name
Wakea madinika
(Vences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002)
Synonyms

Mantidactylus madinika Vences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002

Wakea madinika is a species of frogs in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Wakea. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Discovery

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Wakea madinika reaches males 11–13 mm (0.43–0.51 in) snout-vent length and females 15–16 mm (0.59–0.63 in) length, is thereby the smallest species in the family Mantellidae[2]

Taxonomy

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This species was originally described as a member of the genus Mantidactylus, but was transferred to its own genus in 2006.[3] A relative comparison of the world's smallest frogs

References

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Wakea madinika". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T57499A84173741. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57499A84173741.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ New Dwarf Species of frogs from Northwestern Madagascar
  3. ^ 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.