Gephyromantis

Gephyromantis boulengeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

Familia: Mantellidae
Subfamilia: Mantellinae
Genus: Gephyromantis
Subgenera (6): G. (Asperomantis) – G. (Duboimantis) – G. (Gephyromantis) – G. (Laurentomantis) – G. (Phylacomantis) – G. (Vatomantis)

Name

Gephyromantis Methuen, 1920: 351

• Type species: Gephyromantis boulengeri Methuen, 1920, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Microphryne Methuen & Hewitt, 1913: 55 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Microphryne Peters, 1874]
  • Type species: Microphryne malagasia Methuen & Hewitt, 1913, by monotypy.
• Trachymantis Methuen, 1920: 352 [nomen novum pro Microphryne Methuen & Hewitt, 1913; nomen praeoccupatum pro Trachymantis Giglio-Tos, 1917]
• Laurentomantis Dubois, 1980: 350 [nomen novum pro Trachymantis Methuen, 1920]
• Phylacomantis Glaw & Vences, 1994: 401
  • Type species: Mantidactylus corvus Glaw & Vences, 1994, by original designation.
• Duboimantis Glaw & Vences, 2006: 244
  • Type species: Limnodytes granulatus Boettger, 1881, by original designation.
• Vatomantis Glaw & Vences, 2006: 244
  • Type species: Rhacophorus webbi Grandison, 1953, by original designation.
• Asperomantis Vences, Köhler, Pabijan, Bletz, Gehring, Hawlitschek, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Andreone, Crottini & Glaw, 2017: 86
  • Type species: Rana aspera Boulenger, 1882, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Methuen, P.A. & Hewitt, J. 1913. On a collection of Batrachia from Madagascar made during the year 1911. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4: 49–64.
• Methuen, P.A. [1919] 1920. Descriptions of a new snake from the Transvaal, together with a new diagnosis and key to the genus Xenocalamus, and of some Batrachia from Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1919: 349–355.
• Dubois, A. 1980. Un nom de remplacement pour un genre de ranidés de Madagascar (Amphibiens, Anoures). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, Biologie et Ecologie Animales 2: 349–351.
• Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Second Edition, Including Mammals and Freshwater Fish. Moos Druck: Köln.
• 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., Pabijian, M., Bletz, M.C., Gehring, P.-S., Hawlitschek, O., Rakotoarsion, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Andreone, F., Crottini, A. & Glaw, F. 2017. Taxonomy and geographic distribution of Malagasy frogs of the Gephyromantis asper clade, with description of a new subgenus and revalidation of Gephyromantis ceratophrys. Salamandra 53(1): 77–98. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kaffenberger, N., Wollenberg, K.C., Köhler, J., Glaw, F., Vieites, D.R. & Vences, M. 2012. Phylogeny and biogeography of Malagasy frogs of the genus Gephyromantis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62(1): 555–560. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.023 Reference page. 
• Vieites, D.R., Wollenberg, K.C. & Vences, M. 2012. Not all little brown frogs are the same: a new species of secretive and cryptic Gephyromantis (Anura: Mantellidae) from Madagascar. Zootaxa 3344(1): 34–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3344.1.2 Reference page. 
• Wollenberg, K.C., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2012. Revision of the little brown frogs in the Gephyromantis decaryi complex with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3421: 32–60. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3421.1.2 Reference page. 
• Scherz, M.D., Vences, M., Borrell, J., Ball, L., Nomenjanahary, D.H., Parker, D., Rakotondratsima, M., Razafimandimby, E., Starnes, T., Rabearivony, J. & Glaw, F. 2017. A new frog species of the subgenus Asperomantis (Anura, Mantellidae, Gephyromantis) from the Bealanana District of northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 451–466. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.14906 Reference page. 
• Scherz, M.D., Razafindraibe, J.H., Rakotoarison, A., Dixit, N.M., Bletz, M.C., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2017. Yet another small brown frog from high altitude on the Marojejy Massif, northeastern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae). Zootaxa 4347(3): 572–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.3.9 Reference page. 
• Scherz, M.D., Hawlitschek, O., Razafindraibe, J.H., Megson, S., Ratsoavina, F.M., Rakotoarison, A., Bletz, M.C., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2018. A distinctive new frog species (Anura, Mantellidae) supports the biogeographic linkage of two montane rainforest massifs in northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(2): 247–261. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.21037 Reference page. 
• Scherz, M.D., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Hawlitschek, O., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2018. Two new Madagascan frog species of the Gephyromantis (Duboimantis) tandroka complex from northern Madagascar. Alytes 36(1–4): 130–158. Reference page. 
• Cocca, W., Andreone, F., Belluardo, F., Rosa, G.M., Randrianirina, J.A., Glaw, F. & Crottini, A. 2020. Resolving a taxonomic and nomenclatural puzzle in mantellid frogs: synonymization of Gephyromantis azzurrae with G. corvus, and description of Gephyromantis kintana sp. nov. from the Isalo Massif, western Madagascar. ZooKeys 951: 133–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.951.51129 Reference page. 
• Vences, M., Köhler, J., Andreone, F., Craul, A.-K., Crottini, A., Du Preez, L.H., Preick, M., Rancilhac, L., Rödel, M.-O., Scherz, M.D., Streicher, J.W., Hofreiter, M. & Glaw, F. 2021. Target-enriched DNA sequencing clarifies the identity of name-bearing types of the Gephyromantis plicifer complex and reveals a new species of mantellid frog from Madagascar. Spixiana 44(2): 175–202. PDF Reference page. 
• Vences, M., Köhler, J., Crottini, A., Hofreiter, M., Hutter, C.R., Du Preez, L.H., Preick, M., Rakotoarison, A., Rancilhac, L., Raselimanana, A.P., Rosa, G.M., Scherz, M.D. & Glaw, F. 2022. An integrative taxonomic revision and redefinition of Gephyromantis (Laurentomantis) malagasius based on archival DNA analysis reveals four new mantellid frog species from Madagascar. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 271–309. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e78830 Reference page. 
• Miralles, A., Köhler, J., Glaw, F., Wollenberg Valero, K.C., Crottini, A., Rosa, G.M., Du Preez, L.H., Gehring, P.-S., Vieites, D.R., Ratsoavina, F.M. & Vences, M. 2023. An endless harvest: Integrative revision of the Gephyromantis boulengeri and G. blanci complexes reveals six new species of mantellid frogs from Madagascar. Salamandra 59(1): 1–41. PDF Reference page. 
• Vences, M., Köhler, J., Scherz, M.D., Hutter, C.R., Rabe Maheritafika, H.M., Rafanoharana, J.M., Raherinjatovo, F., Rakotoarison, A., Andreone, F., Raselimanana, A.P. & Glaw, F. 2024. Four new species of forest-dwelling mantellid frogs from Madagascar allied to Gephyromantis moseri. Spixiana 46(2): 297–319. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Grainy Frogs