Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Ambrana Madagascar frog
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It lives in swamps
in or near forest
, and in degraded habitat
where
there are swamps, but not in agricultural areas. It often calls
from
low vegetation. It breeds
in swamps, the eggs
being laid on leaves
above water.[1]
List of Habitats:
1.6
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
5.4
Wetlands (inland) - Bogs
, Marshes, Swamps, Fens
, Peatlands
14.6
Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded
Former Forest
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Rhacophoroidea
()
- (Hoffman, 1932 (1858))
- Family:
Mantellidae
()
- (Laurent, 1946)
- Subfamily:
Mantellinae
()
- Genus:
Mantidactylus
()
- Boulenger, 1895
- Specific name:
blommersae
- Scientific name: - Mantidactylus blommersae (Guibé, 1975)
- Specific name:
blommersae
- Genus:
Mantidactylus
(
- Subfamily:
Mantellinae
(
- Family:
Mantellidae
(
- Superfamily:
Rhacophoroidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Mantidactylus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. albolineatus (White-Lined Madagascar Frog) · M. argenteus (Folohy Madagascar Frog) · M. blommersae (Ambrana Madagascar Frog) · M. elegans (Elegant Madagascar Frog) · M. grandidieri (Grandidier's Madagascar Frog) · M. klemmeri (Klemmer's Madagascar Frog) · M. madecassus (Andringitra Madagascar Frog) · M. majori (Ivohimanita Madagascar Frog) · M. pulcher (Tsarafidy Madagascar Frog)
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Further Reading
- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 184, p. 350.
- Oil spill sensitivity of the western Indian Ocean islands: coastal data from the Comoros Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and the Seychelles WCMC url p. 7.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29206
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664060
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664060
- IUCN ID: 57467
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 130731
Footnotes
- Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
