Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Mantellidae > Mantidactylus > Mantidactylus alutus

Mantidactylus alutus (Mountain Madagascar Frog)

Synonyms: Mantidactylus aluta; Mantidactylus laevis; Rana aluta

Wikipedia Abstract

Mantidactylus alutus is a species of frog in the Mantellidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
View Wikipedia Record: Mantidactylus alutus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 12.54
EDGE Score: 2.61
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.22 inches (3.1 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Madagascar ericoid thickets Madagascar Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Madagascar subhumid forests Madagascar Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ranomafana National Park II 100646 Madagascar  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0