Aglyptodactylus laticeps Glaw, Vences & Böhme 1998

M 39-45 mm, F 60 mm. A very broad-headed and stout species of Aglyptodactylus. Tibiotarsal articulation reaches at most the eye. Hands without webbing, foot webbing 1(1), 2i(1.5-2), 2e(1), 3i(2.5), 3e(2), 4i/e(3.5), 5(1.5). Fingers and toes without terminal discs. Dorsal skin smooth. Dorsum usually greyish brown. Aglyptodactylus have two typical black markings laterally on the snout which are only rarely absent, and a small pair of black markings in the inguinal region.Taken with permission from Glaw and Vences (2007).

Endemic to Madagascar. Found in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar, in western dry deciduous forest. Occurs at about 100m asl (IUCN 2008).

Lays a large number of small black eggs: over 4000 in one dissected female. Calls: Slow series of 3-5 pulsed notes. Frogs of the genus Aglyptodactylus are terrestrial frogs which can be observed during the day jumping in the leaf litter of rainforest or western dry deciduous forest. Often extremely explosive breeders, they gather after heavy rains during the day in temporary waters where they reproduce.

Aglyptodactylus laticeps is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.