Endangered
Rhombophryne vaventy
Rhombophryne vaventy
Rhombophryne vaventy is one of the largest members of its genus.
Appearance
In life, the dorsal skin is highly textured.
Rhombophryne vaventy measure up to 52 mm (2.0 in).
Range and habitat
Rhombophryne vaventy is endemic to the Marojejy massif in northern Madagascar, where it was originally described from two individuals, captured at high altitude. Rhombophryne vaventy is found in montane rainforest at high altitude (~1,300 m (4,300 ft) above sea level) on the Marojejy massif.
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 vaventy 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 vaventy, Wikidata item Q18123764. 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.
