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Introduction
Wakea madinika Classification Reign Animalia Phylum Chordata Sous-embr. Vertebrata Class Amphibia Subclass Lissamphibia Superorder Salientia Order Anura Suborder Neobatrachia Family Mantellidae Subfamily Mantellinae Genus Wakea
Glaw & Vences, 2006 Binomial name (In taxonomy (botany, zoology, etc.), the binomial name, or binomial, comes from…) Wakea madinika
(Vences, Andreone, Glaw and Mattioli, 2002) Synonyms IUCN Conservation Statute :
DD: Insufficient Data
Wakea madinika, the only representative of the genus Wakea, is a species (In life sciences, the species (from the Latin species, “type”) of amphibian of the family Mantellidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Madagascar (Madagascar (Madagasikara in Malagasy), or the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan’i…). Recently discovered, it is only known in a very small area (less than 100 km²) in the northwest (The northwest is the direction between the cardinal points north and west. The northwest is…) of the island (An island is an area of ​​land surrounded by water, whether that water is that of a watercourse, a …), however it might have a wider distribution.It is present at regarding 100 m altitude (The altitude is the vertical elevation of a place or of an object with respect to a level…).
Description
Wakea madinika measures 11 to 13 mm for males and 14 to 16 mm for females.
Etymology
Its species name, from the Madagascan madinika, “small”, was given to it in reference to its small size.
Original publications
Glaw & Vences, 2006 : Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, vol. 6, p. 236-253 (full text). Vences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002 : New dwarf species of Mantidactylus from northwestern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae). , vol. 2002, p. 1057-1062 (full text).
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