Tsingymantis

Tsingymantis
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Mantellidae
Subfamily:	Mantellinae
Genus:	Tsingymantis; Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006
Species:	T. antitra
Binomial name
	Tsingymantis antitra; Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006

Tsingymantis is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Mantellidae. The sole species is Tsingymantis antitra.^[2]

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Tsingymantis antitra was described in by Glaw, Hoegg and Vences in 2006.^[3] Its taxonomic placement within the family Mantellidae remains uncertain, because it is apparently a basal taxon.^[3]^[4]

This species is endemic to Ankarana Special Reserve, in northwestern Madagascar,^[1]^[4] where it lives among the limestone karst.^[1]

[1]
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Tsingymantis antitra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T135798A177277807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T135798A177277807.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
[2]
Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Tsingymantis Glaw, Hoegg, and Vences, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
[3]
Glaw, Frank; Hoegg, S.; Vences, Miguel (2006). "Discovery of a new basal relict lineage of Madagascan frogs and its implications for mantellid evolution". Zootaxa. 1334: 27–43.
[4]
Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3929449037.

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] [1]
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Tsingymantis antitra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T135798A177277807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T135798A177277807.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[Frost-2] [2]
Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Tsingymantis Glaw, Hoegg, and Vences, 2006". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

[Glawetal06-3] [3]
Glaw, Frank; Hoegg, S.; Vences, Miguel (2006). "Discovery of a new basal relict lineage of Madagascan frogs and its implications for mantellid evolution". Zootaxa. 1334: 27–43.

[GnV07-4] [4]
Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3929449037.

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Tsingymantis

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Distribution and habitat

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Tsingymantis
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Mantellidae
Subfamily:	Mantellinae
Genus:	Tsingymantis Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006
Species:	T. antitra
Binomial name
*Tsingymantis antitra* Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006