Blommersia transmarina Glaw, Hawlitschek, Glaw, and Vences, 2019

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Mantellinae > Genus: Blommersia > Species: Blommersia transmarina

Blommersia transmarina Glaw, Hawlitschek, Glaw, and Vences, 2019, Sci. Nature, 106(19): 3. Holotype: ZSM 677/2000, by original designation. Type locality: "Mont Combani (12°48′26″S, 45°09′17″E, 300 m a.s.l.), Mayotte Island, French Overseas Department, Comoros Archipelago". Zoobank publication registration: 7242795A-879A-4AA6-8EA0-70A9F1131F5A

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Endemic to Mayotte, Comoros Islands. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Mayotte

Endemic: Mayotte

Comment

The sister taxon of Blommersia wittei according to the original publication. Santos-Santos, Guinovart-Castán, and Vieites, 2019, Contrib. Zool., Amsterdam, 89: 14–73, reported on skeletal anatomy. 

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