Anilany

Anilany helenae is a species of frog in the microyhlid subfamily Cophylinae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Anilany, and is endemic to central Madagascar.

Anilany
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Microhylidae
Subfamily:	Cophylinae
Genus:	Anilany Scherz, Vences, Rakotoarison, Andreone, Köhler, Glaw & Crottini, 2016[2]
Species:	A. helenae
Binomial name
Anilany helenae (Vallan, 2000)
Approximate distribution (Northern Analamanga, Madagascar)   Range
Synonyms
Stumpffia helenae Vallan, 2000 Rhombophryne helenae (Vallan, 2000)

Taxonomy

This species was originally described by Denis Vallan in 2000 as a member of the genus Stumpffia.^[3] It was transferred to the genus Rhombophryne by Peloso et al. in 2016 when they synonymised Stumpffia with that genus,^[4] but was then moved to the newly erected genus Anilany by Scherz et al. due to its genetic relationships and because it differs significantly in aspects of its morphology (the shape of the vomer, clavicles, and terminal phalanges of the fingers and toes).^[2]

Habitat and Ecology

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It now occurs in a few strips of fragmented habitat near Ambohitantely in Madagascar.