Wakea madinika
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.
| Wakea madinika | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Mantellidae |
| Subfamily: | Mantellinae |
| Genus: | Wakea Glaw & Vences, 2006 |
| Species: | W. madinika |
| Binomial name | |
| Wakea madinika (Vences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mantidactylus madinika Vences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002 | |
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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