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Stumpffia tridactyla Guibé, 1975
family: Microhylidae
subfamily: Cophylinae
genus: Stumpffia
Stumpffia tridactyla
© 2017 Miguel Vences (1 of 2)

sound file   hear call (163.0K MP3 file)
sound file   hear call (242.5K MP3 file)

sound file   hear Fonozoo call

[call details here]

Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN Red List Status Account Data Deficient (DD)
CITES No CITES Listing
National Status None
Regional Status None
conservation needs Access Conservation Needs Assessment Report .

   

 
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Description
Extremely small, M 10-11 mm. Tympanum rather indistinct, about 2/5-3/4 of eye diameter. Tibiotarsal articulation reaches the tympanum. Fingers and toes extremely reduced, only one finger and three toes clearly recognizable. Skin on the back smooth. Back reddish brown, with several small dispersed black spots (Glaw and Vences 2007).

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Madagascar

 
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Marojejy. Specimens from Andasibe may in fact belong to a differentiated species (Glaw and Vences 2007). It has been recorded from near sea level up to 1300 m asl (Glaw and Vallan 2008).

Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
Habits: Calling males were found during the day and evening in the forest leaf litter. Characteristic for this species are the normally extremely slow movements. When disturbed, however, they move faster and can jump up to 20 cm (Glaw and Vences 2007).

Calls: Regular series of chirping notes of very high frequency (Glaw and Vences 2007).

Trends and Threats
A major threat to this species is the receding of its forest habitat due to subsistence agriculture, timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, livestock grazing and expanding human settlements (Glaw and Vallan 2008).

Possible reasons for amphibian decline

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

Comments
Taken with permission from Glaw and Vences (2007) and Glaw and Vallan (2008).

References

Glaw, F. and Vallan, D. (2008). Stumpffia tridactyla. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 21 April 2009.

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: Miguel Vences and Frank Glaw (first posted 2001-10-29)
Edited by: Catherine Aguilar (2010-07-19)

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2010 Stumpffia tridactyla <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/2366> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Dec 21, 2024.


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