introduction
| Wakea Madinika | ||
|---|---|---|
| classification | ||
| Govern | Animalia | |
| branch | chordates | |
| Embr. | vertebrate | |
| Class | amphibian | |
| Subclass | lissamphibia | |
| super order | Salientia | |
| command | anura | |
| subordination | neobatrachia | |
| Family | Mantellidae | |
| subfamily | mantleline | |
| Gender | ||
| wakea Glaw & Vences, 2006 | ||
| Binomial name (In taxonomy (botany, zoology, etc.) the binomial name or binomial comes from…) | ||
| Wakea Madinika (Vences, Andreone, Glaw and Mattioli, 2002) | ||
| synonyms | ||
| IUCN Conservation Status: DD : Insufficient data | ||
Wakea Madinikaunique representative of the genus wakeais a species of amphibian (in the life sciences, the species (from Latin “species”, “type”)) of the family Mantellidae.
distribution
This species is endemic to Madagascar (Madagascar (Madagasikara in Malagasy)) or the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan’i…). Recently discovered, it is only known in a very small area (less than 100 km²) in the northwest ( The northwest is the direction between the cardinal points north and west. The northwest is…) of the island (An island is an island surrounded by water Land area, whether that water is that of a watercourse, a … ), but it could have a wider distribution. It occurs at about 100 m altitude (Altitude is the vertical height of a place or an object with respect to a plane…).
Description
Wakea madinika measures 11 to 13 mm in males and 14 to 16 mm in females.
etymology
The species name, derived from the Malagasy word “madinika” for “small”, was given to it in reference to its small size.
original publications
- Glaw & Vences, 2006: Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantlelid frogs (Amphibia, Anura). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, Vol. 6, pp. 236-253 (full text).
- Vences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002: New dwarf species of Mantidactylus from northwestern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae). Copea, vol. 2002, pp. 1057–1062 (full text).