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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
It lives in a wide variety of habitats, including sub deserts, open areas in dry forest, urban areas, agricultural land, savannahs, and scrubby vegetation. Large breeding aggregations have been observed during rainy episodes. It breeds in temporary ponds.
Range:
This species is widely distributed in northwestern, western, southwestern and extreme southeastern Madagascar. It probably occurs in most dry areas of western and southwestern Madagascar, and has now been confirmed occurring on the Isalo Massif (Mercurio et al. 2008) and the Makay Massif, Ankara and Kelifely Tablelands, Nosy-Ambositra and Beronto-Rangainomby (Rakotondravony and Goodman 2011). It has been recorded from 0-700 m asl.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions
It occurs in several protected areas.
Research Needed
Further research is essential to fully understand the distribution, origin, type and virulence of Bd lineages found in Madagascar (Bletz et al. 2015).
It occurs in several protected areas.
Research Needed
Further research is essential to fully understand the distribution, origin, type and virulence of Bd lineages found in Madagascar (Bletz et al. 2015).