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	Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN (Red List) Status	Least Concern (LC) See threat category on Global Amphibian Assessment web site.
CITES	No CITES Listing
Other International Status	None
National Status	None
Regional Status	None

Description
M 26-32 mm, F 35-38 mm. Tibiotarsal articulation reaches the nostril or tip of snout. Hand with some webbing, foot webbing 1(0.5), 2i(0.5), 2e(0), 3i(1), 3e(0.5), 4i/e(1), 5(0). Dorsal skin smooth. Males with indistinct nuptial pads and a weakly distensible single subgular vocal sac. Dorsally with variable colouration, lighter or darker brownish with or without darker markings or (rarely) with lighter dorsolateral bands. Hands, feet and thighs are red. Red colour also on the outer iris area.

Similar species: Most other small brown Boophis have a smaller tympanum (tympanum/eye diameter usually above 0.5 in B. miniatus), and lack red colour on the iris.

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Madagascar

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Andohahela, Isaka-Ivondro, Manantantely, Nahampoana, Pic St. Louis. Observed at elevations from 300 to 800m in pristine and degraded rainforest, including open areas (Nussbaum et al. 2008).

Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
Males call at night from 1 m high in the vegetation along slow-moving stretches of streams, in or near rainforest.

Calls: A fast series of 18-28 short unharmonious notes.

Breeding occurs in aggregations in streams (Nussbaum et al. 2008).

Trends and Threats
Least Concern: wide distribution and tolerance of habitat modification. It occurs in the Andohahela and Ranomafana National Parks, and probably in other protected areas (Nussbaum et al. 2008).

Possible reasons for amphibian decline

General habitat alteration and loss
Habitat modification from deforestation, or logging related activities
Intensified agriculture or grazing
Urbanization
Habitat fragmentation

Comments
Taken with permission from Glaw and Vences (2007).

References
 

Glaw, F. and Vences, M. (1994). Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. M. Vences and F. Glaw Verlags GbR., Köln.  

Glaw, F., and Vences, M. (2007). Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Third Edition. Vences and Glaw Verlag, Köln.  

Nussbaum, R., Raxworthy, C., and Glaw, F. (2008). Boophis miniatus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 07 April 2009.

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