Mantidactylus betsileanus
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| Mantidactylus betsileanus | |
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| Ranomafana National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Mantellidae |
| Genus: | Mantidactylus |
| Species: | M. betsileanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Mantidactylus betsileanus (Boulenger, 1882) | |
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Mantidactylus betsileanus is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
Breeding takes place in streams, pools, puddles, and rice fields (Vences and Nussbaum 2008)
Possible reasons for amphibian decline
General habitat alteration and loss
Habitat modification from deforestation, or logging related activities
