Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

Familia: Mantellidae
Subfamilia: Mantellinae
Genus: Mantidactylus
Subgenus: Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus)
Species (4): M. (M.) guttulatus – M. (M.) grandidieri – M. (M.) lovei –M. (M.) radaka

Name

Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) Boulenger, 1895: 450

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

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.

Additional references

• 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. 
• 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. 
• Vences, M., Ramanamanjato, J.B., Miralles, A. & Glaw, F. 2025. A new giant stream frog (genus Mantidactylus) from south-eastern Madagascar. Spixiana 47(2): 287–300. Reference page.