Boophis septentrionalis

Boophis septentrionalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Genus: Boophis
Species: B. septentrionalis
Binomial name
Boophis septentrionalis
Glaw & Vences, 1994

Boophis septentrionalis is a species of frog in the Mantellidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar, known only from Fôret d’Ambre and Amber Mountain National Park. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss for agriculture, timber extraction, charcoal manufacturing, invasive eucalyptus, livestock grazing and expanding human settlement and possibly by stream pollution.

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