Rhombophryne longicrus

The narrow-mouthed frog

The species was discovered on the island of Madagascar during an expedition led by the Munich State Zoological Collection and described in 2015 by researchers Scherz, Rakotoarison, Hawlitschek, Vences and Glaw.

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

Rhombophryne longicrus is a frog from the family of narrow-mouthed frogs (Microhylidae) that lives on the island of Madagascar.

GBIF currently lists 4 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.

Rhombophryne longicrus 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 German Wikipedia article on Rhombophryne longicrus, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q20735712 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.