Spinomantis peraccae

Spinomantis peraccae
Spinomantis peraccae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Subfamily: Mantellinae
Genus: Spinomantis
Species: S. peraccae
Binomial name
Spinomantis peraccae
(Boulenger, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Rhacophorus Peraccae Boulenger, 1896
  • Mantidactylus peraccae (Boulenger, 1896)
  • Mantidactylus (Guibemantis) peraccae (Boulenger, 1896)
  • Mantidactylus (Spinomantis) peraccae (Boulenger, 1896)

Spinomantis peraccae is a species of frog in the Mantellid subfamily Mantellinae, endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet honours Italian herpetologist Mario Giacinto Peracca.

Taxonomy

George Albert Boulenger described this species in 1896 within the genus Rhacophorus.[2] Blommers-Schlösser transferred it to Mantidactylus in 1978.[3] Dubois placed it in the then-subgenus Blommersia in 1992,[4] but it was moved to the then-subgenus Spinomantis by Glaw and Vences in 1994.[5]

Geographic range

It is endemic to Madagascar.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.

Conservation status

It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ↑ Andreone, F., Vallan, D. & Nussbaum, R. (2008). Spinomantis peraccae. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1-11-2015.
  2. ↑ Boulenger, G. A. (1896). "Descriptions of two new frogs obtained in Madagascar". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6. 18: 420–421. doi:10.1080/00222939608680479.
  3. ↑ Blommers-Schlösser, R.M.A. (1978). "Cytotaxonomy of the Ranidae, Rhacophoridae, Hyperoliidae (Anura) from Madagascar with a note on the karytotype of two amphibians of the Seychelles". Genetica. 48: 23–40.
  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 (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (2nd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags GmbH.


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