Mantidactylus ambony

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: Mantidactylus
Species: Mantidactylus ambony

Name

Mantidactylus ambony Scherz, Rasolonjatovo, Köhler, Rancilhac, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, Ohler, Preick, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2020: 9

• Holotype: ZSM 2078/2007 (FGZC 1039), adult ♀, collected by F. Glaw, P. Bora, H. Enting, J. Köhler and A. Knoll on 24 February 2007.
• Type locality: “the vicinity of the Gîte d’Étape in Montagne dʼAmbre National Park (12.5280° S, 049.1720° E, ca. 1050 m a.s.l.), northern Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Scherz, M.D., Rasolonjatovo, S.M., Köhler, J., Rancilhac, L., Rakotoarison, A., Raselimanana, A.P., Ohler, A., Preick, M., Hofreiter, M., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2020. ‘Barcode fishing’ for archival DNA from historical type material overcomes taxonomic hurdles, enabling the description of a new frog species. Scientific Reports 10: 19109. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75431-9 Reference page.