Dyscophus guineti, False Tomato Frog
Author : TimVickers
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Dyscophinae
Genus: Dyscophus
Species: Dyscophus guineti
Name
Dyscophus guineti (Grandidier, 1875)
Type locality: "Sambava, côté N.-E. de Madagascar".
Syntypes: MNHNP 1895.281-282.
Synonyms
Kalula guineti Grandidier, 1875
Dyscophus guineti — Günther, 1877
Plectropus guineti — Knauer, 1883
Discophus guineti — Guibé, 1978
References
Grandidier, 1875, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, Ser, 6, 2: 1.
Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 94.
Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Dyscophus guineti . Accessed on 16 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Dyscophus guineti (Least Concern) Downloaded on 15 June 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Sambava Tomato Frog
suomi: Valetomaattisammakko
日本語: サビトマトガエル
Dyscophus guineti, the false tomato frog or the Sambava tomato frog, is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swamps, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Description, The Dyscophus guineti male frogs are yellowish, and in size 60-65mm. The female frogs are red- orange often with many small reticulations, in size 90-95mm.
References
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Dyscophus guineti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T57805A84178457. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57805A84178457.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Sources
AmeyZoo: Frogs that are commonly kept as pets
Giulia Tessa, Fabio M. Guarino, Jasmin E. Randrianirina & Franco Andreone (2011) Age structure in the false tomato frog Dyscophus guineti from eastern Madagascar compared to the closely related D. antongilii (Anura, Microhylidae), African Journal of Herpetology, 60:1, 84–88, DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2011.561881.
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