Boophis marojezensis Glaw and Vences, 1994

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

Boophis marojezensis Glaw and Vences, 1994, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 2: 104. Holotype: ZFMK 57401, by original designation. Type locality: "the Marojezy massif at low altitude, NE-Madagascar".

Boophis (Boophis) marojezensisGlaw 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

Known from northern Madagascar (1) the type locality, the Marojejy Massif at low elevation (close to “Camp Mantella”), (2) a second site at Marojejy collected at 14.4467°S, 49.8251°E, 225 m), (3) the Masoala Peninsula near the Eco-Lodge “Chez Arol”, and (4) the Makira Reserve, at Analanjirofo near Simpona Lodge. A low-elevation species, known from 21–410 m elevation

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

Substantially redelimited by Vences, Köhler, Hutter, Preick, Petzold, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Glaw, and Scherz, 2024, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 74: 643–681, who provided an account summarizing comparative larval and adult morphology, natural history, range, and advertisement call; they also detailed the older literature, much of which applies to other members of Boophis marojezensis complex named in 2024. 

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