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Heterixalus alboguttatus (Boulenger, 1882)
Megalixalus madagascariensis var. alboguttata Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 129. Syntypes: BMNH 1880.7.15.13–14 and 1874.4.25.2–3, according to Laurent, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 205. Type locality: "S.E. Betsileo" and "Madagascar (?)".
Heterixalus madagascariensis alboguttatus — Laurent, 1950, Explor. Parc Natl. Albert, Miss. G.F. de Witte (1933–1935), 64: 14, by implication.
Heterixalus alboguttatus — Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 86.
Common Names
Whitebelly Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 66).
Distribution
Betsileo Province and east coast of Madagascar.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Madagascar
Endemic: Madagascar
Comment
See accounts by Blommers-Schlösser, 1982, Beaufortia, 32: 9, and Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 100.
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