Boophis obscurus (Boettger, 1913)

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

Rhacophorus obscurus Boettger, 1913, in Voeltzkow (ed.), Reise Ost-Afr., 3(4): 275. Syntypes: SMF (4 specimens); SMF 6763 designated lectotype by Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 49. Type locality: "Fianarantsoa SC. Madagascar". 

Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) obscurusAhl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 187.

Boophis obscurusGlaw, Köhler, De la Riva, Vieites, and Vences, 2010, Zootaxa, 2383: 31.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Vohiparara region, in or near Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.

Comment

Redescribed and removed from the synonymy of Boophis goudoti by Glaw, Köhler, De la Riva, Vieites, and Vences, 2010, Zootaxa, 2383: 31, where it had been placed by Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 72; and Blommers-Schlösser, 1979, Bijdr. Dierkd., 49: 285.

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