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Boophis elenae Andreone, 1993
Boophis elenae Andreone, 1993, Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 11: 292. Holotype: MRSN A69, by original designation. Type locality: "the forest near the Vohiparara village, Ranomafana National Park", Madagascar.
Boophis (Boophis) elenae — Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 242, by implication; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 1.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
East-central Madagascar in rainforest, 900-1000 m elevation.
Geographics occurrence
Natural resident: Madagascar
Endemic to the political unit: Madagascar
Comment
In the Boophis luteus group, according to the original publication. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 168-169, provided an account and noted an unnamed similar species. Andreone, Vences, Glaw, and Randrianirina, 2007, Tropical Zool., 20: 19-39, reported the species from the high plateau of central Madagascar.
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