Wakea madinika

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Wakea madinika
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Subfamily: Mantellinae
Genus: Wakea
Glaw & Vences, 2006
Species:
W. madinika
Binomial name
Wakea madinika
(Vences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002)
Synonyms

Mantidactylus madinikaVences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002

Contents

Wakea madinika is a species of frogs in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Wakea. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Discovery

Wakea madinika reaches males 11–13 mm (0.43–0.51 in) snout-vent length and females 15–16 mm (0.59–0.63 in) length, is thereby the smallest species in the family Mantellidae [2]

Taxonomy

This species was originally described as a member of the genus Mantidactylus , but was transferred to its own genus in 2006. [3] SmallestFrogComparison.png

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References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Wakea madinika". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T57499A84173741. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57499A84173741.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. New Dwarf Species of frogs from Northwestern Madagascar
  3. 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.