Rhombophryne botabota

Appearance

In life, the dorsal skin is fairly smooth in texture. The lateral head is different in colour from the dorsum, that is unusual among Rhombophryne species. The species' dorsal colouration is variable, sometimes among them dark, chevron-like markings, and in other cases being fairly uniformly brown.

Rhombophryne botabota measure up to 32.2 mm (1.27 in).

It was described in 2016 from seven specimens.

Range and habitat

Rhombophryne botabota is endemic to northern Madagascar, being found on the Marojejy massif, as well as Makira Natural Park and Ambolokopatrika from altitudes between roughly 860 and 1330 m above sea level. Rhombophryne botabota is found in montane rainforest at high altitude (~860–1330 m above sea level) on several northern massifs in Madagascar. It is found in the montane rainforests of northern Madagascar.

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.

Rhombophryne botabota is 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 Rhombophryne botabota, Wikidata item Q28868711. 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.