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Description

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M 15-17 mm. Hand without webbing, foot with rudimentary webbing. Dorsal skin smooth. An inconspicuous small brown frog. Usually without vertebral line.
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Distribution and Habitat

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Andasibe, Fierenana, Mandraka, Moramanga, Torotorofotsy.
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Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors

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Males call during the day and at night from the ground or very low in the vegetation above small and shallow puddles, swamps and ditches, at the edge of mid-altitude rainforest or in disturbed vegetation. Calling specimens are usually hidden in very deep vegetation and extremely difficult to observe, although they can be locally common. One egg clutch probably of this species was found in the leaf litter near to a puddle. Calls: A relatively long and pulsed note, repeated after irregular intervals.
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Blommersia sarotra

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Blommersia sarotra is a species of frogs in the family Mantellidae.

It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Species Characteristics

Blommersia sarotra sustain typical characteristics of a single subgular vocal sac, short hands, and an elongated head like most other species in the Blommersia genus. However, the distinguishing traits of the species Blommersia sarotra include the presence of a white mark on their throats, lack of vomerine teeth, and a unique mating call composed of a long pulsed note, followed by clicking.[2]

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Blommersia sarotra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T57519A68527028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57519A68527028.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Glaw, F. R. A. N. K; M., Veneces (2002). "A new sibling species of the anuran subgenus Blommersia from Madagascar (Amphibia: Mantellidae: Mantidactylus) and its molecular phylogenetic relationships". Herpetological Journal. 12 (1): 11–20 – via Science Citation Index [SCI] - ISI Web of Knowledge.
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Blommersia sarotra: Brief Summary

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Blommersia sarotra is a species of frogs in the family Mantellidae.

It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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