Boophis siskoi Vences, Köhler, Hutter, Preick, Petzold, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Glaw, and Scherz, 2024

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

Boophis (Boophis) siskoi Vences, Köhler, Hutter, Preick, Petzold, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Glaw, and Scherz, 2024, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 74: 668. Holotype: ZSM 614/2001, by original designation. Type locality: "Antsahamanara campsite, Manarikoba forest, Tsaratanana Massif (14.045°S, 48.784°E, ca. 1000 m a.s.l.), Sambirano region, Madagascar." Zoobank Publication registration: 0228B083-CB4C-4DE3-8332-58DD834E7AC2

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from Madagascar from (1) the type locality, Antsahamanara campsite on the western versant of the Tsaratanana Massif, (2) Ambinanitelo forest (14.2254°S, 48.9635°E, 1182 m; Randrianiaina et al. 2012), and (3) Ampotsidy forest. The elevational range of the species spans between ca. 1000–1320 m.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the Boophis blommersae group, Boophis marojezensis complex, according to the original publication, where larval and adult comparative morphology, advertisement call, and molecular markers (mtDNA) were detailed. Previously confused with Boophis marojezensis. 

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