Blommersia kely (Glaw and Vences, 1994)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Mantellinae > Genus: Blommersia > Species: Blommersia kely

Mantidactylus (Blommersia) kely Glaw and Vences, 1994, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 2: 135. Holotype: ZFMK 57444, by original designation. Type locality: "the forestry station of Manjakatompo, Ankaratra mountains, central Madagascar".

Blommersia kelyVences and Glaw, 2006, in Vences et al. (eds.), Calls Frogs Madagascar: 15. Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 242; by implication; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 2.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the region of the type locality (Manjakatompo) in the Ankaratra Mountains, central Madagascar.

Comment

Prior to the revision of Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 236-253, in the Mantidactylus (Blommersia) domerguei group of Glaw and Vences, 2002, Herpetol. J., 12: 11-20. See comments by Vences, Andreone, Glaw, Raminosoa, Randrianirina, and Vieites, 2002, Ital. J. Zool., 69: 271. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 184-185, provided an account.

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