- Tomato Frog
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Tomato Frog 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Microhylidae Genus: Dyscophus Species: D. antongilii Binomial name Dyscophus antongilii
Grandidier, 1877The Tomato Frog or Crapaud rouge de Madagascar (Dyscophus antongilii) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.
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Origin of Name
Its common name comes from its bright-red color, and its tendency to puff up when in danger.
Habitat and Distribution
It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches.
Diet
Like most other amphibians, the Tomato Frog feeds on invertebrates, such as beetles, mosquitoes, and flies.
Conservation
It is threatened by habitat loss.
It is kept as a pet.
Tomato Frog at Dählhölzli Animal Park
Source
- Raxworthy, C., Vences, M., Andreone, F. & Nussbaum, R. 2004. Dyscophus antongilii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- Dyscophus antongilii 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 14 January 2011.
References
Categories:- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Microhylidae stubs
- Dyscophus
- Amphibians of Madagascar
- Pet amphibians
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