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

By

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

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

933

Pages

139--164

Subjects

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

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.933.47619

 

Abstract

A new species of the miniaturised microhylid frog genusStumpffia, from north-western Madagascar, is described.Stumpffia froschauerisp. nov.differs from all other describedStumpffiaspecies 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.