Mantidactylus
Mantidactylus | |
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Mantidactylus guttulatus, the type species of Mantidactylus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Subclass: | Lissamphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
Family: | Mantellidae |
Subfamily: | Mantellinae |
Genus: | Mantidactylus Boulenger, 1895 |
Species | |
Presently more than 80, see text (but see also "Synonyms" below) | |
Synonyms | |
Blommersia Dubois, 1992 |
Mantidactylus is a frog genus in the family Mantellidae. These frogs live only in Madagascar and Mayotte.[1] These frogs are usually less brightly colored than their relatives in Mantella.
In recent works, Blommersia, Boehmantis, Gephyromantis, Guibemantis, Spinomantis and Wakea are often separated from Mantidactylus.
Species
New species continue to be described at a rate of a few per year on average. Recently described species are often not formally placed in Mantidactylus; this may eventually be done but until then, names like "Mantidactylus azzurrae" for example are nomina nuda and must not be used.
Recently described species not placed in Mantidactylus:
- Gephyromantis azzurrae Mercurio & Andreone, 2007
References
External links
Data related to Mantidactylus at Wikispecies
Media related to Mantidactylus at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Spinomantis at Wikimedia Commons