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Anodonthyla eximia
Anodonthyla eximia is a species of frog from Ranomafana in Eastern Madagascar endemic microhylid subfamily Cophylinae. It is the smallest species of the genus Anodonthyla and is the only known terrestrial member of the genus. It was the 8000th amphibian species added to Amphibian Species of the World.
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Description
Anodonthyla eximia measures just 11.3 mm in adult females and 9.7 mm in adult males. Anodonthyla eximia lives on the ground in the leaf litter. It superficially closely resembles other diminutive frogs from Madagascar, such as Mini and Stumpffia, but males still have a strongly developed, pointed prepollex bone that is typical of Anodonthyla.
Range & habitat
Anodonthyla eximia is only known from Maharira mountain in Ranomafana National Park, South Central East Madagascar.
Wikipedia: “Range and distribution”
What it does
Like most other miniaturised frogs from Madagascar, Anodonthyla eximia is terrestrial. According to the original description, the only known specimen was collected after cyclonic rains. Males emit high-pitched whistling calls from the leaf litter.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 925337.