Discover beautiful tree frogs

Multinational scientists led by Dr. Goncalo Rosa have discovered and described a new species of Boophis genus in Ankarafa forest on Sahamalaza Peninsula, northwest Madagascar.

Boophis is a tree frog belonging to the Mantellidae family in Comoros and Madagascar. In the Sahamalaza region, there were two surveys of amphibians, the most recent survey found two new species, Boophis tsilomaro and Cophyla berara .

Frog tree Boophis ankarafensis.(Photo: sciencecodex.com)

However, many areas in Ankarafa forest have not been surveyed before. In this forest, Dr. Goncalo Rosa and colleagues discovered a new species of tree frog named Boophis ankarafensis .

Appearance of Boophis ankarafensis is quite beautiful with green and bright red spots on the head and back. Adult males are 23-24cm long, larger females with sizes of 28-29cm.

Sci-News magazine said scientists discovered 56 frogs Boophis ankarafensis on either side of the stream in Ankarafa forest, of which 48 male frogs and 8 female frogs.

Male frogs live on branches at a height of 0.5-2m, often clustering on different canopies of the same tree.