Guibemantis liber

Guibemantis liber

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: Mantellinae
Genus: Guibemantis
Species: Guibemantis liber

Name

Guibemantis liber (Peracca, 1893)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1947.2.8.63. [designated by Blommers-Schlösser (1979: 47)]
• Type locality: “dai dintorni di Andrangoloaka e dalla vicina valle dell'Umbi”, Madagascar.
• Paralectotypes: MZUT An86 (13 specimens), MNHN 1894.3, and BMNH 1947.2.8.64, same data as for the lectotype.

Combinations

• Rhacophorus liber Peracca, 1893: 14 [original combination]
• Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) liber — Ahl, 1931: 196 [subsequent combination]
• Rhacophorus (Boophis) liber — Guibé, 1975: 53 [subsequent combination]
• Gephyromantis liber — Guibé, 1975: 1761 [subsequent combination]
• Mantidactylus liber — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979: 47 [subsequent combination]
• Mantidactylus (Blommersia) liber — Dubois, 1992: 311 [subsequent combination]
• Mantidactylus (Guibemantis) liber — Glaw & Vences, 1994: 403 [subsequent combination]
• Guibemantis (Pandanusicola) liber — Glaw & Vences, 2006: 246 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Gephyromantis albogularis Guibé, 1947: 151
  • Holotype: MNHN 8146, adult ♂.
  • Type locality: “Madagascar, sans précision de localité”.

• Gephyromantis variabilis Millot & Guibé, 1951: 204
  • Lectotype: MNHN 1953.117. [designated by Koppetsch et al. (2023: 419)]
  • Type locality: “Perinet” and “Itremo”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Itremo”, Madagascar, by Koppetsch et al. (2023: 419).

References

Primary references

• Peracca, M.G. 1893. Descrizione di nuove specie di rettili e anfibi di Madagascar. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparata della R. Universita di Torino 8 (156): 1–16.
• Koppetsch, T., Pabijan, M., Hutter, C.R., Köhler, J., Gehring, P.-S., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Scherz, M.D., Vieites, D.R., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2023. An initial molecular resolution of the mantellid frogs of the Guibemantis liber complex reveals three new species from northern Madagascar. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 397–432. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e94063 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2016. IUCN: Guibemantis liber  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T57495A84173286. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57495A84173286.en. Accessed on 14 July 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Free Madagascar Frog