Boophis masoala

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: Boophinae
Genus: Boophis
Species: Boophis masoala

Name

Boophis masoala Glaw, Scherz, Prötzel & Vences, 2018: 167

• Holotype: ZSM 251/2016 (FGZC 5428), adult ♀, collected by F. Glaw, D. Prötzel, J. Forster, K. Glaw & T. Glaw on 11 August 2016.
• Type locality: “between ‘Eco-Lodge chez Arol’ and ‘Tampolo Lodge’, coastal Masoala peninsula, Maroantsetra district, Analanjirofo Region, northeastern Madagascar, 15.7247°S, 49.9599°E, 14 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Glaw, F., Scherz, M.D., Prötzel, D. & Vences, M. 2018. Eye and webbing colouration as predictors of specific distinctness: A genetically isolated new treefrog species of the Boophis albilabris group from the Masoala peninsula, northeastern Madagascar. Salamandra 54(3): 163–177. PDF Reference page.