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Boophis fayi Köhler, Glaw, Rosa, Gehring, Pabijan, Andreone, and Vences, 2011
Boophis fayi Köhler, Glaw, Rosa, Gehring, Pabijan, Andreone, and Vences, 2011, Salamandra, 47: 216. Holotype: ZSM 280/2010, by original designation. Type locality: "Ambodivoahangy (Makira Region), 15° 17′ 23.8″ S, 49° 37′ 13.0″ E, ca. 100 m above sea level, Analanjirofo Region, north-eastern Madagascar".
Common Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known from two localities: a small rainforest fragment close to the Makira Reserve along the Antainambalana river basin and from the Betampona Reserve in a narrow altitudinal range (ca. 300-400 m elevation) on the central east coast 250 km to the south; likely occurs in rainforests along the eastern coast between these two localities.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Madagascar
Endemic: Madagascar
Comment
In the Boophis goudoti group, the sister taxon of Boophis boehmei, and prior to its naming confused with Boophis boehmi, according to the original publication.
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