''Boophis idae'', also known commonly as Ida's bright-eyed frog, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

in the

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Mantellidae The Mantellidae are a family of the order Anura. These frogs are endemic to the islands of Madagascar and Mayotte. Systematics The family Mantellidae is composed of three extremely ecologically diverse groups of frogs, divided into three sub ...

. The species is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

Etymology

The

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, ''idae'', is in honor of Austrian explorer

Ida Laura Pfeiffer Ida Laura Pfeiffer (14 October 1797, Vienna – 27 October 1858, Vienna), née Reyer, was an Austrian explorer, travel writer, and ethnographer. She was one of the first female travelers, whose bestselling journals were translated into seven langu ...

. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians''. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. xiii + 244 pp. . (''Boophis idae'', p. 101).

Geographic range and habitat

''B. idae'' is widely distributed in the eastern moist lowland and montane rainforests of Madagascar, from

Nosy Boraha Nosy Boraha , previously known as Sainte-Marie, main town Ambodifotatra, is an island off the east coast of Madagascar. The island forms an administrative district within Analanjirofo Region, and covers an area of 222 km2. It has a popula ...

south to

Ivohibe Ivohibe is a hilly town in Ihorombe Region in central Madagascar. It is connected with Ihosy (110 km) in the west, and Farafangana (162 km) in the east by the largely unpaved Route nationale 27. See also Pic d'Ivohibe Reserve and the Andringit ...

, at altitudes of . It also frequents swamps, marshes, and a variety of humid habitats in human use. It appears to be locally common throughout its range.

Conservation

Although the species ''B. idae'' is currently classified as "

Least Concern A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. T ...

" by the IUCN, it is thought to be impacted by habitat loss due to agriculture, timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, and the spread of invasive species such as eucalypts.

References

idae Endemic frogs of Madagascar Amphibians described in 1867 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Mantellidae-stub