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Description
A very small terrestrial microhylid; males 13-15 mm, females are unknown. Back is light brown to beige, usually with a teddy-bear shaped black figure, rarely with a beige median line. Flanks dark, with a distinct border between flank and back colouration in specimens from Nosy Mangabe. Back is without characteristic markings in one specimen from Tolagnaro. Venter whitish, with dark mottling on the throat. Skin on the back smooth. Tympanum rather indistinct, tympanum/eye ratio between 1/3 and 1/2. Tibiotarsal articulation reaches the eye. Four fingers, the inner finger reduced, and 4 recognizable toes. Males with a distinct, largely distensible, single subgular vocal sac.

Call consists of a single, chirping note. Calls are arranged in series, which can last several minutes. Call duration is about 64-90 ms at Nosy Boraha, shorter at Nosy Mangabe and 225-245 ms at Tolagnaro. Call repetition rate is 30-37/min at Nosy Boraha, 17/min at Nosy Mangabe and 36 at Tolagnaro. Frequency is 4.8-5 kHz at Nosy Boraha, 6 kHz at Nosy Mangabe and 4.7-5 kHz at Tolagnaro.

Stumpffia pygmaea and Stumpffia tridactyla are smaller with shorter hindlimbs. Other Stumpffia have 5 toes (the inner toe can be reduced).

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Madagascar

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Terra Typica: Nosy Boraha; Nosy Mangabe; Tolagnaro. Observed at elevations from sea level to 300 m.

A common species at Nosy Boraha, in primary forest as well as in cultivated landscape. Males start calling mainly in the afternoon from the leaf litter.

Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
Eggs and tadpoles are unknown.

Comments
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References

Glaw, F. and Vences, M. (1994). Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. M. Vences and F. Glaw Verlags GbR., Köln.

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2010 Stumpffia tetradactyla <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/2365> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Nov 26, 2024.

Citation: AmphibiaWeb. 2024. <https://amphibiaweb.org> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed 26 Nov 2024.

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