Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Ivohimanita Madagascar frog
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 758 meters (2,488 feet).[1]
Ecology:
It lives in rainforest, including coastal littoral
forest
, but not
in degraded areas. It is usually found near streams
and swamps
in
sandy areas. It breeds
in swamps.[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands [more info]
Taxonomy
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- 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
- 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:
majori
- Scientific name: - Mantidactylus majori Boulenger, 1896
- Specific name:
majori
- Genus:
Mantidactylus
(
- Subfamily:
Mantellinae
(
- Family:
Mantellidae
(
- Superfamily:
Rhacophoroidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
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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
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- A Floral and faunal inventory of the eastern slopes of the Réserve naturelle intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. 85 1996 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1996. url table 17-1 , table 17-5 , p. 162, p. 169.
- A floral and faunal inventory of the Parc national de Marojejy, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. 97 2000 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c2000. url table 9-1 , p. 162.
- Madagascar: an environmental profile IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 120, p. 191.
Notes
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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.
- Cadle, J. & Raxworthy, C. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- John Cadle, Christopher Raxworthy 2004. Mantidactylus majori. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29233
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664093
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664093
- IUCN ID: 221636
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 130792
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 534.280 based on 8 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- John Cadle, Christopher Raxworthy 2004. Mantidactylus majori. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
