Stumpffia pygmaea

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Stumpffia pygmaea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Cophylinae
Genus: Stumpffia
Species:
S. pygmaea
Binomial name
Stumpffia pygmaea
Vences & Glaw, 1991

Stumpffia pygmaea is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is known from only two islands, Nosy Be and Nosy Komba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations.

Male Stumpffia pygmaea have a snout–vent length of 10–12.5 mm (0.39–0.49 in), and females a snout-vent length of 11 mm (0.43 in). Stumpffia pygmaea is a terrestrial microhylid frog.[2][3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

A relative comparison of the world's smallest frogs

Sources[]

  • IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Stumpffia pygmaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T58012A84183445. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T58012A84183445.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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