Mantidactylus

Mantidactylus guttulatus

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: Mantidactylus
Subgenera (6): M. (Brygoomantis) – M. (Chonomantis) – M. (Hylobatrachus) – M. (Maitsomantis) – M. (Mantidactylus) – M. (Ochthomantis)

Name

Mantidactylus Boulenger, 1895: 450

• Type species: Rana guttulata Boulenger, 1881, by subsequent designation of Ahl (1931: 10).

Synonyms

• Hylobatrachus Laurent, 1943
  • Type species: Rana cowanii Boulenger, 1882, by original designation.

• Brygoomantis Dubois, 1992: 311
  • Type species: Limnodytes ulcerosus Boettger, 1880, by original designation.

• Ochthomantis Glaw & Vences, 1994: 400
  • Type species: Rana femoralis Boulenger, 1882, by original designation.

• Chonomantis Glaw & Vences, 1994: 401
  • Type species: Rana albofrenata Müller, 1892, by original designation.

• Maitsomantis Glaw & Vences, 2006: 247
  • Type species: Mantidactylus argenteus Methuen, 1920, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1895. On a genus of frog peculiar to Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6 15: 450.
• Laurent, R.F. 1943. Sur la position systématique et l’osteologie du genre Mantidactylus Boulenger. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 19: 1–8.
• Dubois, A. 1992. Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 61(10): 305–352. PDF Reference page. 
• 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. 

Additional references

• Andreone, F. & Nussbaum, R.A. 2006. A revision of Mantidactylus microtis and M. microtympanum, and a comparison with other large Madagascan stream frogs (Anura: Mantellidae: Mantellinae). Zootaxa 1105: 49–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 
• Bora, P., Ramilijaona, O., Raminosoa, N. & Vences, M. 2011. A new species of Mantidactylus (subgenus Chonomantis) from Ranomafana National Park, eastern Madagascar (Amphibia, Anura, Mantellidae). Zootaxa 2772(1): 52–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2772.1.3 Reference page. 
• Vences, M., Hildenbrand, A., Warmuth, K.M., Andreone, F. & Glaw, F. 2018. A new riparian Mantidactylus (Brygoomantis) frog from the Tsaratanana and Manongarivo Massifs in northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 4486(4): 575–588. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.4.10 Reference page. 
• Rancilhac, L., Bruy, T., Scherz, M.D., Pereira, E.A., Preick, M., Straube, N., Lyra, M.L., Ohler, A., Streicher, J.W., Andreone, F., Crottini, A., Hutter, C.R., Randrianantoandro, J.C., Rakotoarison, A., Glaw, F., Hofreiter, M. & Vences, M. 2020. Target-enriched DNA sequencing from historical type material enables a partial revision of the Madagascar giant stream frogs (genus Mantidactylus). Journal of Natural History 54(1-4): 87–118. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1748243 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Scherz, M.D., Crottini, A., Hutter, C.R., Hildenbrand, A., Andreone, F., Fulgence, T.R., Köhler, G., Ndriantsoa, S.H., Ohler, A., Preick, M., Rakotoarison, A., Rancilhac, L., Raselimanana, A.P., Riemann, J.C., Rödel, M.-O., Rosa, G.M., Streicher, J.W., Vieites, D.R., Köhler, J., Hofreiter, M., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2022. An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the subgenus Brygoomantis (genus Mantidactylus) from Madagascar. Megataxa 7(2): 113–311. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.2.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Madagascar Frogs