Boophis blommersae Glaw and Vences, 1994

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Boophinae > Genus: Boophis > Species: Boophis blommersae

Boophis blommersae Glaw and Vences, 1994, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 2: 103. Holotype: ZFMK 57398, by original designation. Type locality: "Montagne d'Ambre National Park, N-Madagascar".

Boophis (Boophis) blommersaeGlaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 242, by implication; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 1.

Common Names

None noted.

Distribution

Montagne d'Ambre in northern Madagascar, and further south in the general vicinity of Tsaratanana, northern Madagascar, 500-900 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the Boophis majori group of Glaw, Vences, Andreone, and Vallan, 2001, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 133: 495-529, who also provided an account. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 156-157, provided an account. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 425.

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