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Tomato frogs are any of the three species of genus Dyscophus (family Microhylidae): D. antongilii, D. insularis, or D. guineti. [1] Dyscophus is the only genus in subfamily Dyscophinae. They are endemic to Madagascar. [2] The common name comes from D. antongilii's bright red color. When threatened, a tomato frog puffs up its body.
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.
Dyscophus antongilii, the Madagascar tomato frog, or simply tomato frog, is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. Description.
Dyscophus insularis is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.It is endemic to western Madagascar (the two other Dyscophus species are from eastern Madagascar). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, intermittent rivers, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
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A molecular phylogenetic study by van der Meijden, et al. (2007) has estimated the initial internal divergence of the family Microhylidae to have taken place about 66 million years ago, or immediately after the Cretaceous extinction event. [1]
Family Megophryidae. Genus Borneophrys; Genus Brachytarsophrys - Karin Hills frog; Genus Leptobrachella; Genus Leptobrachium - Eastern spadefoot toad; Genus Leptolalax; Genus Megophrys
The population of amphibians of Madagascar is made up exclusively of frogs.There are 311 named species of frogs on Madagascar, [1] but several hundred have been identified using DNA barcoding and remain to be formally described.