Gephyromantis hintelmannae Wollenberg, Glaw, and Vences, 2012

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Mantellinae > Genus: Gephyromantis > Species: Gephyromantis hintelmannae

Gephyromantis (Gephyromantis) hintelmannae Wollenberg, Glaw, and Vences, 2012, Zootaxa, 3421: 52. Holotype: ZSM2500/2007, by original designation. Type locality: "the vicinities of Ambohitsara village on the way to a forest fragment locally named Tsitolaka, south-eastern Madagascar, 21° 21.431′ S, 47° 48.941′ E, at ca. 300 m above sea level".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known from southeastern Madagascar from (1) the type locality, near Ambohitsara village, at ca. 300 m, and (2) near Ankazorokana at 142 m ca 30 km to the east of the type locality.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the Gephyromantis decaryi complex and formerly referred to as Gephryomantis sp. 8 according to the original publication. Miralles, Köhler, Glaw, Wollenberg Valero, Crottini, Rosa, Du Preez, Gehring, Vieites, Ratsoavina, and Vences, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 1–41, placed this in their Gephyromantis decaryi complex and discussed its relationships and provided a dot map.

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