Rainbow burrowing frog | |
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Two variants; the exact colour hue and pattern varies in this species | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Microhylidae |
Subfamily: | Scaphiophryninae |
Genus: | Scaphiophryne |
Species: | S. gottlebei
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Binomial name | |
Scaphiophryne gottlebei Busse and Böhme , 1992
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Scaphiophryne gottlebei, commonly known as the Malagasy rainbow frog, ornate hopper, rainbow burrowing frog, red rain frog or Gottlebe's narrow-mouthed frog, is one of the most highly decorated frogs from Madagascar. The primary threats to this endangered species are habitat loss and capture for the pet trade (now illegal).[1]