Heterixalus betsileo

Heterixalus betsileo
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hyperoliidae
Genus:	Heterixalus
Species:	H. betsileo
Binomial name
*Heterixalus betsileo* (Grandidier, 1872)
Synonyms
Eucnemis betsileo Grandidier, 1872 Heterixalus renifer (Boettger, 1881) Hyperolius betsileo (Grandidier, 1872) Hyperolius friedrichsi Ahl, 1930 Hyperolius renifer Boettger, 1881 Megalixalus betsileo (Grandidier, 1872) Megalixalus renifer (Boettger, 1881) Rappia betsileo (Grandidier, 1872) Rappia renifer (Boettger, 1881) Rappia renifera (Boettger, 1881)

Heterixalus betsileo is a species of frogs in the Hyperoliidae family endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.

References

Nussbaum, R., Glaw, F. & Andreone, F. 2004. Heterixalus betsileo. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.

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