Tsingymantis

Tsingymantis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Mantellidae
Subfamily:	Mantellinae
Genus:	Tsingymantis Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006
Species:	T. antitra
Binomial name
Tsingymantis antitra Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006

Tsingymantis is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Mantellidae. The sole species is Tsingymantis antitra. ^[2]

Taxonomy

Tsingymantis antitra was described by Glaw, Hoegg and Vences in 2006. ^[3] Its taxonomic placement within the family Mantellidae remains uncertain, as it appears to be a basal taxon. ^{[3] [4]}

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to Ankarana Special Reserve, in northwestern Madagascar, ^{[1] [4]} where it lives among the limestone karst. ^[1]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Tsingymantis antitra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T135798A177277807. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T135798A177277807.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Tsingymantis Glaw, Hoegg, and Vences, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
3. Glaw, Frank; Hoegg, S.; Vences, Miguel (2006). "Discovery of a new basal relict lineage of Madagascan frogs and its implications for mantellid evolution". Zootaxa. 1334: 27–43.
4. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN   978-3929449037.