Tsingymantis antitra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Mantellidae |
Subfamily: | Mantellinae |
Genus: |
Tsingymantis Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006 |
Species: | T. antitra |
Binomial name | |
Tsingymantis antitra Glaw, Hoegg and Vences, 2006 |
Tsingymantis is a monotypic genus of frogs in the family Mantellidae. The sole species is Tsingymantis antitra.
Tsingymantis antitra was described in by Glaw, Hoegg and Vences in 2006. Its taxonomic placement within the family Mantellidae remains uncertain, because it is apparently a basal taxon.
This species is endemic to Ankarana Special Reserve, in northwestern Madagascar, where it lives among the limestone karst.