Laliostoma is a genus of frogs in the family Mantellidae. It is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Laliostoma labrosum,[2] or the Madagascar Bullfrog. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, hot deserts, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Mantellidae |
Genus: | Laliostoma Glaw, Vences & Böhme, 1998 |
Species: | L. labrosum
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Binomial name | |
Laliostoma labrosum (Cope, 1868)
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References
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Laliostoma labrosum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T57437A84165710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57437A84165710.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags GmbH. p. 496.