Anodonthyla theoi

The narrow-mouthed frog

Narrow-mouthed frogs are a worldwide family. Many are small, secretive, and tied to leaf litter or phytotelms rather than open ponds.

Frogs and toads typically begin as aquatic tadpoles, though some families lay eggs on land and hatch as froglets. Skin and eggs both need moisture.

Range and habitat

This species is native to Madagascar and can be found in lowland rain forests.

The type locality — the place tied to the name-bearing specimen — is Manombo Special Reserve west of the main road (coordinates not taken, but not far from our campsite at 23°01.699’ S, 47°43.892’ E, 44 m a.s.l.), Fianarantsoa Province, South East of Madagascar.

GBIF currently lists 18 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Narrow-mouthed frogs are often sit-and-wait predators of ants and termites. Breeding sites range from foam in a burrow to water held in plants.

Calling males and egg sites define most frog field work. A species known from one ridge is as narrow as it sounds.

In crisis

Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.

Anodonthyla theoi is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Anodonthyla theoi — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q1767347 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.