Spinomantis bertini

Spinomantis bertini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Subfamily: Mantellinae
Genus: Spinomantis
Species: S. bertini
Binomial name
Spinomantis bertini
(Guibé, 1947)
Synonyms
  • Mantidactylus bertini (Guibé, 1947)
  • Gephyromantis bertini Guibé, 1947

Spinomantis bertini is a species of frog in the Mantellid subfamily Mantellinae, endemic to Madagascar.

Taxonomy

This species was described in the genus Gephyromantis by Guibé in 1947.[2] It was transferreed to the genus Mantidactylus by Blommers-Schlösser in 1979.[3] Dubois put it in the subgenus Spinomantis,[4] which was elevated to genus-level in 2006.[5]

Distribution and habitat

S. bertini has a relatively broad distribution in south-eastern Madagascar, at elevations of 500-1,300 m. It inhabits crevices among boulders and rocky areas, usually close to flowing waters, in pristine forest habitats; the species is not found in degraded forests or secondary growth.[1]

Conseravtion

The species is classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN. It is unbder pressure from habitat loss through expansion of agriculture, timber and coal production, and settlements, as well as the spread of invasive plants like eucalypts.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nussbaum, R., Cadle, J. & Andreone, F. (2008). "Spinomantis bertini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T57462A11629486. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Guibé, J. (1947). "Description d'un batracien nouveau de Madgascar (Boophis laurenti n. sp.) et synonymie de plusieurs espèces du genre Boophis". Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. Serie 2. 19: 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.


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