Wakea madinika

Wakea madinika is a species of frogs in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Wakea. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Wakea madinika
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Mantellidae
Subfamily:	Mantellinae
Genus:	Wakea Glaw & Vences, 2006
Species:	W. madinika
Binomial name
Wakea madinika (Vences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002)
Synonyms
Mantidactylus madinika Vences, Andreone, Glaw & Mattioli, 2002

Discovery

Wakea madinika reaches males 11–13 mm (0.43–0.51 in) snout-vent length and females 15–16 mm (0.59–0.63 in) length, is thereby the smallest species in the family Mantellidae^[2]

Taxonomy

This species was originally described as a member of the genus Mantidactylus, but was transferred to its own genus in 2006.^[3]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Wakea madinika". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T57499A84173741. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57499A84173741.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. New Dwarf Species of frogs from Northwestern Madagascar
3. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2006). "Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura)". Organisms, Diversity & Evolution. 6 (2006): 236–253. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.001.