hear call (169.7K MP3 file)

	hear Fonozoo call
[call details here]

Description
27-28 mm. Dorsal colour variable: uniformly brown, or with partly or almost entirely green back. Flanks black or partly greenish, with relatively large green flank blotches. No sharply delimited rostral stripes and no flashmarks. Iris with light pigment in its upper part. Ventrally black with blue spots and without red colour. Throat without continuous horseshoe marking (Glaw and Vences 2007).

Similar species: M. pulchra and M. baroni differ by reddish ventral colour (Glaw and Vences 2007).

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Madagascar

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	View Bd and Bsal data (1 records).

Anjanaharibe, Mananara-Nord, Manongarivo (1240 m elevation), Marojejy, Tsararano. It occurs between 100-1,240 m asl on the ground along streams in rainforest and forest edge, but not in severely degraded habitats (Raxworthy and Andreone 2008).

Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
Habits: Along streams in primary rainforest. Active during the day on the ground (Glaw and Vences 2007). Breeding takes place in streams, where the larvae develop (Raxworthy and Andreone 2008).

Calls: Series of short single-click notes (Glaw and Vences 2007).

Trends and Threats
Locally abundant but decreasing. It occurs in several protected areas (Raxworthy and Andreone 2008).

Possible reasons for amphibian decline

General habitat alteration and loss
Habitat modification from deforestation, or logging related activities
Intensified agriculture or grazing
Urbanization
Habitat fragmentation

Comments
Taken with permission from Glaw and Vences (2007).

References

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

Raxworthy, C. and Andreone, F. (2008). Mantella nigricans. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 22 April 2009.

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2009 Mantella nigricans <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/6023> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Dec 29, 2024.

Citation: AmphibiaWeb. 2024. <https://amphibiaweb.org> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed 29 Dec 2024.

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