Mantidactylus curtus is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Mantellidae |
| Genus: | Mantidactylus |
| Species: | M. curtus
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| Mantidactylus curtus (Boulenger, 1882)
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Range and habitat edit
Mantidactylus curtus is found in a wide range of habitats on the island, including moist lowland forest, moist montane forest, high-altitude shrubland and grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest, from 600 up to 2,400 meters elevation.[1]
Taxonomy edit
Mantidactylus curtus is an unresolved complex of at least five species. Some of the species' reported locations are misidentified with other species. Glaw and Vences (2006) separated Mantidactylus bellyi and M. bourgati from M. curtus.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Mantidactylus curtus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T57474A84170807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T57474A84170807.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Glaw, F. and Vences, M. 2006. Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 6: 236–253.
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