A new stump-toed frog from the transitional forests of NW Madagascar (Anura, Microhylidae, Cophylinae, Stumpffia)

Angelica Crottini; Gonçalo M. Rosa; Samuel G. Penny; Walter Cocca; Marc W. Holderied; Lovasoa M.S. Rakotozafy; Franco Andreone

doi:10.3897/zookeys.933.47619

A new stump-toed frog from the transitional forests of NW Madagascar (Anura, Microhylidae, Cophylinae, Stumpffia)

Angelica Crottini^*, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Samuel G. Penny, Walter Cocca, Marc W. Holderied, Lovasoa M.S. Rakotozafy, Franco Andreone

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A new species of the miniaturised microhylid frog genus Stumpffia, from north-western Madagascar, is described. Stumpffia froschaueri sp. nov. differs from all other described Stumpffia species in colouration and morphology and is genetically divergent (≥ 7% uncorrected p-distance to all other nominal species of the genus) in a fragment of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene and in a segment of the nuclear Rag-1 gene. The new species is reliably known only from a few specimens collected in the Sahamalaza (and surroundings) region. Its known distribution is limited to three forest patches severely threatened by fire, drought and high levels of forest clearance, thus suggesting a classification of “Critically Endangered” according to IUCN Red List criteria.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	139-164
Number of pages	26
Journal	ZooKeys
Volume	2020
Issue number	933
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.933.47619
Publication status	Published - 18 May 2020

Keywords

Amphibia
Angorony Forest
Conservation
Stumpffia froschaueri sp. nov
UNESCO Sahamalaza - îles Radama Biosphere Reserve

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A new stump-toed frog from the transitional forests of NW Madagascar (Anura, Microhylidae, Cophylinae, Stumpffia)

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