Anamalozoatra Madagascar Frog

A highly specialized, medium-sized treefrog, 40-50 mm. Greenish brown colouration resembles the bark of trees. Often a 'W'-shaped marking between the eyes. Hind legs with transverse bands. Ventral surface whitish. Skin more or less granular with long soft Uroplatus-like dermal fringes, especially along the lateral body parts. Nostrils prominent, nearer to tip of snout than to eye. Tympanum distinct, about 1/3 of eye diameter. Tibiotarsal articulation reaches between eye and nostril. Lateral metatarsalia separated. Webbing 1(1), 2i/e(1), 3i(1-2), 3e(1), 4i/e(2), 5(1). Fingers with well developed terminal disks. Males with a largely distensible, subgular vocal sac and oblong femoral glands, absent in females. Similar species: Mainly S. fimbriatus, and possibly also S. phantasticus and S. massorum, which all are smaller.Taken with permission from Glaw and Vences (2007).

Ampamakiesiny Pass, An’Ala, Analamazoatra, Andasibe, Ankeniheny, Fierenana, Ilampy, Mananara, Manangotry, Manantantely, Masoala, Midongy, Nosy Boraha, Ranomafana (Ranomena, Ambatolahy forest, Ambatovory, Maharira forest, Vohiparara), Vohidrazana. It occurs from sea level to 1,500m asl in slow-flowing streams and swamps and occasionally fast-flowing streams of rainforest. It is not found in secondary habitats (Nussbaum and Vallan 2008).

Habits: Common in mid- and low-altitude rainforests but difficult to find. The calls, emitted from high in the canopy, typically 1.5-3 m above the ground, along streams, are very typical and can be recognized even from a loud chorus of other frogs. Clutches of 30-38 eggs are deposited on leaves (often Pandanus leaves) above the streams, the hatching tadpoles complete their metamorphosis in the streams. During the day, the species rests on tree trunks where its silhouette fades due to the cryptic colour and dermal fringes.Calls: A very loud and intense series of up to nine short "metallic" notes, reminding a hammering blacksmith. A second note type is a short and pulsed croak.

It occurs in many protected areas (Nussbaum and Vallan 2008).

Spinomantis aglavei is a species of frog in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae, endemic to Madagascar.