List of amphibians of Madagascar

The population of amphibians of Madagascar is made up exclusively of frogs. There are 311 named species of frogs on Madagascar,[1] but several hundred have been identified using DNA barcoding and remain to be formally described.[2][3]

Native described species belong to four different families: Hyperoliidae (11 species), Mantellidae (212 species), Microhylidae (86 species) and Ranidae (1 species). Two further species are introduced: the ranid frog Hoplobatrachus tigrinus and the toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus. Almost all native species are endemic, with the exception of Ptychadena mascareniensis. 85 species are threatened with extinction, nine of which are considered by the IUCN as critically endangered. Their numbers are largely affected by major alterations of habitat due to deforestation and the expansion of paddy fields and villages, and to a lesser extent, by illegal international trade.

Hyperoliidae

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Species Status IUCN
Heterixalus alboguttatus
Heterixalus andrakata
Heterixalus betsileo
Heterixalus boettgeri
Heterixalus carbonei
Heterixalus luteostriatus
Heterixalus madagascariensis
Heterixalus punctatus
Heterixalus rutenbergi
Heterixalus tricolor
Heterixalus variabilis

Mantellidae

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Species Status IUCN
Aglyptodactylus australis
Aglyptodactylus chorus
Aglyptodactylus laticeps
Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis
Aglyptodactylus securifer
Blommersia angolafa
Blommersia blommersae
Blommersia dejongi
Blommersia domerguei
Blommersia galani
Blommersia grandisonae
Blommersia kely
Blommersia sarotra
Blommersia variabilis
Blommersia wittei
Boehmantis microtympanum
Boophis albilabris
Boophis albipunctatus
Boophis andohahela
Boophis andrangoloaka
Boophis andreonei
Boophis anjanaharibeensis
Boophis ankaratra
Boophis arcanus
Boophis axelmeyeri
Boophis baetkei
Boophis blommersae
Boophis boehmei
Boophis boppa
Boophis bottae
Boophis brachychir
Boophis burgeri
Boophis calcaratus
Boophis doulioti
Boophis elenae
Boophis englaenderi
Boophis entingae
Boophis erythrodactylus
Boophis fayi
Boophis feonnyala
Boophis goudotii
Boophis guibei
Boophis haematopus
Boophis haingana
Boophis idae
Boophis jaegeri
Boophis laurenti
Boophis liami
Boophis lichenoides
Boophis lilianae
Boophis luciae
Boophis luteus
Boophis madagascariensis
Boophis majori
Boophis mandraka
Boophis marojezensis
Boophis miadana
Boophis microtympanum
Boophis miniatus
Boophis narinsi
Boophis obscurus
Boophis occidentalis
Boophis opisthodon
Boophis pauliani
Boophis periegetes
Boophis picturatus
Boophis piperatus
Boophis popi
Boophis praedictus
Boophis pyrrhus
Boophis quasiboehmei
Boophis rappiodes
Boophis reticulatus
Boophis rhodoscelis
Boophis roseipalmatus
Boophis rufioculis
Boophis sambirano
Boophis sandrae
Boophis schuboeae
Boophis septentrionalis
Boophis sibilans
Boophis solomaso
Boophis spinophis
Boophis tampoka
Boophis tasymena
Boophis tephraeomystax
Boophis tsilomaro
Boophis ulftunni
Boophis viridis
Boophis vittatus
Boophis williamsi
Boophis xerophilus
Laliostoma labrosum
Mantella aurantiaca (Golden Mantella)
Mantella baroni
Mantella bernhardi
Mantella betsileo
Mantella cowanii
Mantella crocea
Mantella ebenaui
Mantella expectata
Mantella haraldmeieri
Mantella laevigata
Mantella madagascariensis
Mantella manery (Marojejy Mantella)
Mantella milotympanum
Mantella nigricans
Mantella pulchra
Mantella viridis
Mantidactylus aerumnalis
Mantidactylus albofrenatus
Mantidactylus alutus
Mantidactylus ambohimitombi
Mantidactylus ambreensis
Mantidactylus argenteus
Mantidactylus bellyi
Mantidactylus betsileanus
Mantidactylus biporus
Mantidactylus bourgati
Mantidactylus brevipalmatus
Mantidactylus charlotteae
Mantidactylus cowanii
Mantidactylus curtus
Mantidactylus delormei
Mantidactylus femoralis
Mantidactylus grandidieri
Mantidactylus guttulatus
Mantidactylus lugubris
Mantidactylus madecassus
Mantidactylus majori
Mantidactylus melanopleura
Mantidactylus mocquardi
Mantidactylus noralottae
Mantidactylus opiparis
Mantidactylus paidroa
Mantidactylus pauliani
Mantidactylus tricinctus
Mantidactylus ulcerosus
Mantidactylus zipperi
Mantidactylus zolitschka
Spinomantis aglavei
Spinomantis bertini
Spinomantis brunae
Spinomantis elegans
Spinomantis fimbriatus
Spinomantis guibei
Spinomantis massorum
Spinomantis microtis
Spinomantis nussbaumi
Spinomantis peraccae
Spinomantis phantasticus
Spinomantis tavaratra
Wakea madinika

Microhylidae

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Species Status IUCN
Anilany helenae
Anodonthyla boulengerii
Anodonthyla emilei
Anodonthyla hutchisoni
Anodonthyla jeanbai
Anodonthyla montana
Anodonthyla moramora
Anodonthyla nigrigularis
Anodonthyla rouxae
Anodonthyla pollicaris
Anodonthyla theoi
Anodonthyla vallani
Cophyla berara
Cophyla occultans
Cophyla phyllodactyla
Cophyla maharipeo
Cophyla noromalalae
Cophyla puellarum
Dyscophus antongilii
Dyscophus guineti
Dyscophus insularis
Madecassophryne truebae
Paradoxophyla palmata
Paradoxophyla tiarano
Platypelis alticola
Platypelis barbouri
Platypelis cowanii
Platypelis grandis
Platypelis karenae
Platypelis mavomavo
Platypelis milloti
Platypelis olgae
Platypelis pollicaris
Platypelis ravus
Platypelis tetra
Platypelis tsaratananaensis
Platypelis tuberifera
Plethodontohyla bipunctata
Plethodontohyla brevipes
Plethodontohyla fonetana
Plethodontohyla guentheri
Plethodontohyla inguinalis
Plethodontohyla mihanika
Plethodontohyla notosticta
Plethodontohyla ocellata
Plethodontohyla tuberata
Rhombophryne alluaudi
Rhombophryne coronata
Rhombophryne mangabensis
Rhombophryne coudreaui
Rhombophryne guentherpetersi
Rhombophryne laevipes
Rhombophryne longicrus
Rhombophryne minuta
Rhombophryne matavy
Rhombophryne ornata
Rhombophryne serratopalpebrosa
Rhombophryne tany
Rhombophryne testudo
Rhombophryne vaventy
Scaphiophryne boribory
Scaphiophryne brevis
Scaphiophryne calcarata
Scaphiophryne gottlebei
Scaphiophryne madagascariensis
Scaphiophryne marmorata
Scaphiophryne menabensis
Scaphiophryne obscura
Scaphiophryne spinosa
Scaphiophryne verrucosa
Scaphiophryne matsoko
Stumpffia analamaina
Stumpffia be
Stumpffia gimmeli
Stumpffia grandis
Stumpffia hara
Stumpffia kibomena
Stumpffia madagascariensis
Stumpffia megsoni
Stumpffia psologlossa
Stumpffia pygmaea
Stumpffia roseifemoralis
Stumpffia staffordi
Stumpffia tetradactyla
Stumpffia tridactyla

Ranidae

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Species Status IUCN
Hoplobatrachus tigerinus
Ptychadena mascareniensis

References

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  1. ^ "Amphibiaweb". Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  2. ^ Vieites, David R.; Wollenberg, Katharina C.; Andreone, Franco; Köhler, Jörn; Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2009). "Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 106 (20): 8267–8272. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810821106. PMC 2688882. PMID 19416818.
  3. ^ Perl, Ronith Gila Bina; Nagy, Zoltán Tamás; Sonet, Gontran; Glaw, Frank; Wollenberg, Katharina; Vences, Miguel (2014). "DNA barcoding Madagascar's amphibian fauna". Amphibia-Reptilia. 35 (2): 197–206. doi:10.1163/15685381-00002942.