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Mantidactylus radaka

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Mantidactylus radaka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Genus: Mantidactylus
Species:
M. radaka
Binomial name
Mantidactylus radaka
Rancilhac et al., 2020

Mantidactylus radaka is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.[1] It was described in 2020 by an international team of scientists, who differentiated it from M. guttulatus and M. grandidieri via molecular data from wild and museum specimens.[2]

The specific name is based on the Malagasy word for "large frog" (as opposed to sahona, "small frog"), which is often used as a common name for the species.[2] It is frequently hunted and eaten by local people.[2]

Its natural habitats are calm, shallow streams in rainforests.[2] Its conservation status has not yet been evaluated by the IUCN.

References

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  1. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Mantidactylus radaka Rancilhac, Bruy, Scherz, Pereira Silva, Preick, Straube, Lyra, Ohler, Streicher, Andreone, Crottini, Hutter, Randrianantoandro, Rakotoarison, Glaw, Hofreiter, and Vences, 2020". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Rancilhac, Loïs; Bruy, Teddy; Scherz, Mark D.; Pereira, Elvis Almeida; Preick, Michaela; Straube, Nicolas; Lyra, Mariana L.; Ohler, Annemarie; Streicher, Jeffrey W.; Andreone, Franco; Crottini, Angelica; Hutter, Carl R.; Randrianantoandro, J. Christian; Rakotoarison, Andolalao; Glaw, Frank; Hofreiter, Michael & Vences, Miguel (17 January 2020). "Target-enriched DNA sequencing from historical type material enables a partial revision of the Madagascar giant stream frogs (genus Mantidactylus)". Journal of Natural History. 54 (1–4): 87–118. Bibcode:2020JNatH..54...87R. doi:10.1080/00222933.2020.1748243. S2CID 218928657.