Spinomantis massi

{{Speciesbox

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2016 |title=Spinomantis massi |volume=2016 |page=e.T57502A84174100 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57502A84174100.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = Spinomantis

| species = massi

| authority = (Glaw and Vences, 1994)

| synonyms =

Mantidactylus (Spinomantis) massi Glaw & Vences, 1994
Mantidactylus (Spinomantis) massorum Glaw & Vences, 1994
Spinomantis massorum (Glaw & Vences, 1994)

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| range_map = Mantidactylus massorum map-fr.svg

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Spinomantis massi is a species of frog in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. It is endemic to the humid forests of northwestern Madagascar.

Taxonomy

This species was described in the genus Mantidactylus, subgenus Spinomantis, by Frank Glaw and Miguel Vences in 1994.{{cite book|last1=Glaw|first1=Frank|last2=Vences|first2=Miguel|title=A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar|date=1994|publisher=Vences & Glaw Verlags GmbH|location=Cologne, Germany|edition=2nd}}{{cite journal|last1=Glaw|first1=Frank|last2=Vences|first2=Miguel|title=Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura)|journal=Organisms, Diversity & Evolution|date=2006|volume=6|issue=2006|pages=236–253|doi=10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.001|doi-access=free}} The species is named massi to congratulate the daughter of Frank Glaw, Andrea Mass née Glaw, and her husband Robert Mass, on their marriage. Therefore, plural form massorum should have been used, but this is considered an unjustified emendation. The correct specific name is therefore massi.

Description

Adult males measure {{convert|33|–|42|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length (SVL); the only known adult female measured {{convert|38|mm|abbr=on}}. The head is wider than long. The tympanum is distinct. The fingers and toes bear enlarged, triangular disks. Males have a subgular vocal sac.

Habitat and ecology

Its natural habitats are primary forest near streams at elevations of {{convert|300|–|1750|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. It is an arboreal species that breeds in streams. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by subsistence agriculture, timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, the spread of invasive eucalyptus, and expanding human settlements.

References

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{{cite journal|last1=Cramer|first1=Abigail F.|last2=Rabibisoa|first2=Nirhy H.C.|last3=Raxworthy|first3=Christopher J.|title=Descriptions of two new Spinomantis frogs from Madagascar (Amphibia: Mantellidae), and new morphological data for S. brunae and S. massorum |journal=American Museum Novitates |date=2008 |issue=2008 |pages=1–22 |doi=10.1206/594.1|url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/2246/5924/1//v3/dspace/updateIngest/pdfs/N3618.pdf|hdl=2246/5924|s2cid=85738389}}

{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia123/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Mantellidae/Mantellinae/Spinomantis/Spinomantis-massi |title=Spinomantis massi (Glaw and Vences, 1994) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2016 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=23 January 2017}}

{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT137 |date=22 April 2013|publisher=Pelagic Publishing|isbn=978-1-907807-42-8|page=137}}

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massi

Category:Endemic frogs of Madagascar

Category:Amphibians described in 1994

Category:Taxa named by Frank Glaw

Category:Taxa named by Miguel Vences

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot