Mantidactylus radaka is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.[1] It was described in 2020 by an international team of scientists, who differentiated it from M. guttulatus and M. grandidieri via molecular data from wild and museum specimens.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Mantellidae |
| Genus: | Mantidactylus |
| Species: | M. radaka
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| Binomial name | |
| Mantidactylus radaka Rancilhac et al., 2020
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The specific name is based on the Malagasy word for "large frog" (as opposed to sahona, "small frog"), which is often used as a common name for the species.[2] It is frequently hunted and eaten by local people.[2]
Its natural habitats are calm, shallow streams in rainforests.[2] Its conservation status has not yet been evaluated by the IUCN.
References
edit- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Mantidactylus radaka Rancilhac, Bruy, Scherz, Pereira Silva, Preick, Straube, Lyra, Ohler, Streicher, Andreone, Crottini, Hutter, Randrianantoandro, Rakotoarison, Glaw, Hofreiter, and Vences, 2020". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d Rancilhac, Loïs; Bruy, Teddy; Scherz, Mark D.; Pereira, Elvis Almeida; Preick, Michaela; Straube, Nicolas; Lyra, Mariana L.; Ohler, Annemarie; Streicher, Jeffrey W.; Andreone, Franco; Crottini, Angelica; Hutter, Carl R.; Randrianantoandro, J. Christian; Rakotoarison, Andolalao; Glaw, Frank; Hofreiter, Michael & Vences, Miguel (17 January 2020). "Target-enriched DNA sequencing from historical type material enables a partial revision of the Madagascar giant stream frogs (genus Mantidactylus)". Journal of Natural History. 54 (1–4): 87–118. Bibcode:2020JNatH..54...87R. doi:10.1080/00222933.2020.1748243. S2CID 218928657.
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