Wakea madinika
| Wakea madinika | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Mantellidae |
| Subfamily: | Mantellinae |
| Genus: | Wakea Glaw & Vences, 2006 |
| Species: | W. madinika
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| Binomial name | |
| Wakea madinika (Vences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002)
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| Synonyms | |
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Mantidactylus madinika Vences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002 | |
Wakea madinika is a species of frogs in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Wakea. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Discovery
Wakea madinika reaches males 11–13 mm (0.43–0.51 in) snout-vent length and females 15–16 mm (0.59–0.63 in) length, is thereby the smallest species in the family Mantellidae[1]
Taxonomy
This species was originally described as a member of the genus Mantidactylus, but was transferred to its own genus in 2006.[2]
References
- ^ New Dwarf Species of frogs from Northwestern Madagascar
- ^ 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.
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