Boophis fayi

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Mantellidae
Subfamilia: Boophinae
Genus: Boophis
Species: Boophis fayi

Name

Boophis fayi Köhler, Glaw, Rosa, Gehring, Pabijan, Andreone & Vences, 2011

Holotype: ZSM 280/2010 (field number FGZC 4261). Adult male.

Paratypes: ZSM 281/2010 (FGZC 4304), adult female (Fig. 6c,d), UADBA uncatalogued (FGZC 4251), adult male, UADBA uncatalogued (FGZC 4260), adult male, all with the same data as holotype; MRSN A6229 (FAZC 13726), MRSN A6355 (FAZC 13834), two adult males.

Type locality: Ambodivoahangy (Makira Region), 15°17’23.8’’ S, 49°37’13.0’’ E, ca. 100 m above sea level, Analanjirofo Region, north-eastern Madagascar.

References

• Köhler J., Glaw F., Rosa G.M., Gehring P.-S., Pabijan M., Andreone F., Vences M. 2011: Two new bright-eyed treefrogs of the genus Boophis from Madagascar. Salamandra, 47: 207–221. [1]
• Vences, M., F. Andreone, J. Glos & F. Glaw 2010a: Molecular and bioacoustic differentiation of Boophis occidentalis with description of a new treefrog from north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa, 2544: 54–68.