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Blommersia sarotra (Glaw & Vences, 2002)
family: Mantellidae
subfamily: Mantellinae
genus: Blommersia
Species Description: Glaw, F., and M. Vences. 2002. A new sibling species of the anuran subgenus Blommersia from Madagascar (Amphibia: Mantellidae:Mantidactylus) and its molecular phylogenetic relationships. Herpetological Journal. London. 12:11-20.

© 2008 Miguel Vences and Frank Glaw (1 of 3)

  hear call (171.4K MP3 file)

  hear Fonozoo call

[call details here]

Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN Red List Status Account Least Concern (LC)
CITES No CITES Listing
National Status None
Regional Status None
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Description
M 15-17 mm. Hand without webbing, foot with rudimentary webbing. Dorsal skin smooth. An inconspicuous small brown frog. Usually without vertebral line.

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Madagascar

 

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Andasibe, Fierenana, Mandraka, Moramanga, Torotorofotsy.

Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
Males call during the day and at night from the ground or very low in the vegetation above small and shallow puddles, swamps and ditches, at the edge of mid-altitude rainforest or in disturbed vegetation. Calling specimens are usually hidden in very deep vegetation and extremely difficult to observe, although they can be locally common. One egg clutch probably of this species was found in the leaf litter near to a puddle.

Calls: A relatively long and pulsed note, repeated after irregular intervals.

References

Glaw, F., and Vences, M. (2007). Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Third Edition. Vences and Glaw Verlag, Köln.



Originally submitted by: Frank Glaw and Miguel Vences (first posted 2008-12-04)
Edited by: Kellie Whittaker (2010-07-19)

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2010 Blommersia sarotra <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/6558> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Mar 29, 2024.



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