Stumpffia pygmaea
| Stumpffia pygmaea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Cophylinae |
| Genus: | Stumpffia |
| Species: | S. pygmaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Stumpffia pygmaea Vences & Glaw, 1991
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Stumpffia pygmaea is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is known from only two islands, Nosy Be and Nosy Komba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, Stumpffia pygmaea,males with a snout–vent length of 10–12.5 mm (0.39–0.49 in),then females with a snout-vent length of 11 mm (0.43 in).Stumpffia pygmaea is a terrestrial microhylid frog,[1][2] and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Sources
- Vences, M. & Andreone, F. (2004). "Stumpffia pygmaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
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References
- ^ Das, I. & A. Haas. (2010). "New species of Microhyla from Sarawak: Old World's smallest frogs crawl out of miniature pitcher plants on Borneo (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2571: 37–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2571.1.2.
- ^ About Stumpffia pygmaea page192-193
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