Blommersia

Blommersia blommersae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Mantellidae
Subfamilia: Mantellinae
Genus: Blommersia
Species (14): B. angolafa – B. bara – B. blommersae – B. dejongi – B. domerguei – B. dupreezi – B. galani – B. grandisonae – B. kely – B. nataliae – B. sarotra – B. transmarina – B. variabilis – B. wittei

Name

Blommersia Dubois, 1992: 311

• Type species: Gephyromantis blommersae Guibé, 1975, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Dubois, A. 1992. Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 61(10): 305–352. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2006. Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 6(3): 236–253. DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.001 Reference page. 
• Vences, M., Köhler, J., Pabijan, M. & Glaw, F. 2010. Two syntopic and microendemic new frogs of the genus Blommersia from the east coast of Madagascar. African Journal of Herpetology 59(2): 133–156. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2010.512961 Reference page. 
• Pabijan, M., Gehring, P.-S., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2011. A new microendemic frog species of the genus Blommersia (Anura: Mantellidae) from the east coast of Madagascar. Zootaxa 2978(1): 34–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2978.1.2 Reference page. 
• Glaw, F., Hawlitschek, O., Glaw, K. & Vences, M. 2019. Integrative evidence confirms new endemic island frogs and transmarine dispersal of amphibians between Madagascar and Mayotte (Comoros archipelago). The Science of Nature 106: 19. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-019-1618-9 Reference page. 
• Vieites, D.R., Nieto-Román, S., Peso Fernández, M. & Santos-Santos, J.H. 2020. Hidden in plain sight: a new frog species of the genus Blommersia from the oceanic island of Mayotte, Comoros archipelago. ZooKeys 994: 149–166. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.994.57012 Reference page. 
• Vences, M., Armerding, M., Köhler, J. & Glaw, F. 2023. Genetic diversity of the mantellid frog Blommersia blommersae, and description of a new anuran species from south-eastern Madagascar. African Journal of Herpetology 72(1): 47–72. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2023.2165547 Reference page. 
• Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Köhler, J., Crottini, A., Andreone, F., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, M.D. & Glaw, F. 2023. Integrative revision of the Blommersia wittei complex, with description of a new species of frog from western and north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa 5319(): 178–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Madagascar Frogs

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