Boophis majori (Boulenger, 1896)

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

Rhacophorus majori Boulenger, 1896, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 17: 402. Syntypes: BMNH (4 specimens), these being 1947.2.7.66–69 (formerly 1895.7.4.38–41) according to museum records; BMNH 1947.2.7.67 designated lectotype by Blommers-Schlösser, 1979, Bijdr. Dierkd., 49: 280. Type locality: "Ambohimitombo forest, Madagascar".

Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) majoriAhl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 182.

Boophis majoriBlommers-Schlösser, 1979, Bijdr. Dierkd., 49: 280.

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

Common Names

Ambohimitombo Bright-eyed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 111).

Distribution

Known only from three localities in central-eastern Madagascar (20° 43′–22° 07′ S), 100–1500 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the Boophis rhodoscelis group according to Blommers-Schlösser, 1979, Bijdr. Dierkd., 49: 275. In the more inclusive Boophis majori group of Glaw, Vences, Andreone, and Vallan, 2001, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 133: 495–529, for revision and resolution of the identity of this species. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 154–155, provided an account and noted at least one unnamed similar species. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 624. Schmidt, Strauss, Reeve, Letz, Ludewig, Neb, Pluschzick, Randrianiaina, Reckwell, Schröder, Wesolowski, and Vences, 2008, Herpetol. Notes, 1: 49–57, described larval morphology. 

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