Boehmantis microtympanum

Boehmantis microtympanum
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Mantellidae
Genus:	Boehmantis
Species:	B. microtympanum
Binomial name
Boehmantis microtympanum (Angel, 1935)

Boehmantis microtympanum is the sole species of the frog genus Boehmantis, in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae.

Taxonomy

Boehmantis microtympanum was originally described in the genus Mantidactylus by Fernand Angel. The species was transferred to its own genus, Boehmantis, by Frank Glaw and Miguel Vences.^[1]

Distribution and Habitat

This species is endemic to Midongy du sud National Park and Andohahela National Park, in southeastern Madagascar.^[2] Its natural habitats are rivers and streams within subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and degraded forest.

Conservation Status

Boehmantis microtympanum is currently considered Endangered by the IUCN due to its limited range, and ongoing habitat destruction.^[3]

References

1. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2006). "Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura)". Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 6 (2006): 236–253. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.001.
2. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3929449037.
3. Nussbaum, Ronald; Raxworthy, Christopher; Andreone, Franco. "Boehmantis microtympanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 May 2016.