Anodonthyla montana

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	MICROHYLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Anodonthyla montana
Species Authority:	Angel, 1925

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Miguel Vences, Christopher Raxworthy
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because it is known from only a single location.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs at 2,000-2,658m asl in south-eastern Madagascar, where it is known with certainty only from Andringitra. Records from Andohahela require confirmation, and the species has not been found there in recent surveys. It might occur more widely, but there is very little high-altitude habitat at other sites in south-eastern Madagascar.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	It is abundant at several localities within Andringitra.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in rocky areas within heath land and grassland at high elevations above the tree-line. It breeds in small rock pools and has non-feeding tadpoles.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its habitat is largely immune to destruction, and even fires are unlikely to have much effect on this species. It might possibly be susceptible to climatic changes, as it is confined to mountain tops.

Major Threat(s):

Its habitat is largely immune to destruction, and even fires are unlikely to have much effect on this species. It might possibly be susceptible to climatic changes, as it is confined to mountain tops.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in Parc National d'Andringitra. There is a need for close monitoring of the population status of this species given that it is known from only a single protected area.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Parc National d'Andringitra. There is a need for close monitoring of the population status of this species given that it is known from only a single protected area.

Bibliography [top]

	Andreone, F., Vences, M., Vieites, D.R., Glaw, F. and Meyer, A. 2005. Recurrent ecological adaptions revealed through a molecular analysis of the secretive cophyline frogs of Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 315-322. Blommers-Schlösser, R.M.A. and Blanc, C.P. 1991. Amphibiens (première partie). Fauna de Madagascar: 1-379. Glaw, F. and Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Second Edition. Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Glaw, F. and Vences, M. 2007. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Third Edition. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Cologne. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Raxworthy, C.J. and Nussbaum, R.A. 1996. Amphibians and reptiles of Andringitra Massif: a study of elevational distribution and local endemicity. Fieldiana Zoology: 158-170. Raxworthy, C.J. and Nussbaum, R.A. 1996. Montane amphibian and reptile communities in Madagascar. Conservation Biology: 750-756. Raxworthy, C.J. in press. Global warming and extinction risks for amphibians in Madagascar: a preliminary assessment of potential upslope displacement. Bollettino del Museo rgionale di Scienze naturali Torino.

Andreone, F., Vences, M., Vieites, D.R., Glaw, F. and Meyer, A. 2005. Recurrent ecological adaptions revealed through a molecular analysis of the secretive cophyline frogs of Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 315-322.

Blommers-Schlösser, R.M.A. and Blanc, C.P. 1991. Amphibiens (première partie). Fauna de Madagascar: 1-379.

Glaw, F. and Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Second Edition. Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn.

Glaw, F. and Vences, M. 2007. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Third Edition. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Cologne.

IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.

Raxworthy, C.J. and Nussbaum, R.A. 1996. Amphibians and reptiles of Andringitra Massif: a study of elevational distribution and local endemicity. Fieldiana Zoology: 158-170.

Raxworthy, C.J. and Nussbaum, R.A. 1996. Montane amphibian and reptile communities in Madagascar. Conservation Biology: 750-756.

Raxworthy, C.J. in press. Global warming and extinction risks for amphibians in Madagascar: a preliminary assessment of potential upslope displacement. Bollettino del Museo rgionale di Scienze naturali Torino.

Citation:	Miguel Vences, Christopher Raxworthy 2004. Anodonthyla montana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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