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Plethodontohyla alluaudi

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Plethodontohyla alluaudi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Cophylinae
Genus: Rhombophryne
Species:
R. alluaudi
Binomial name
Rhombophryne alluaudi
(Mocquard, 1901)[2]
Synonyms

Dyscophus alluaudi Mocquard, 1901
Plethodontohyla alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901)
Plethodontohyla laevis (Boettger, 1913)

Rhombophryne alluaudi is a frog belonging to the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to eastern and central Madagascar.[3] It is a terrestrial and fossorial frog that occurs in rainforest, including littoral forest. Despite being locally abundant, it is a difficult frog to find.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Rhombophryne alluaudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ Mocquard, 1901, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, 7: 254
  3. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 June 2014.