Gephyromantis runewsweeki Vences and De la Riva, 2007

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

Gephyromantis runewsweeki Vences and De la Riva, 2007, Spixiana, München, 30: 136. Holotype: ZSM 49/2005, by original designation. Type locality: "the top of Maharira mountain, Ranomafana National Park, south-eastern Madagascar (21° 20.053′ S, 47° 24.787′ E), ca. 1350 m above sea level."

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Maharira Mountain, Ranomafana National Park, southeastern Madagascar).

Comment

In the Gephyromantis boulengeri group according to the original publication. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 212-213, provided an account. Miralles, Köhler, Glaw, Wollenberg Valero, Crottini, Rosa, Du Preez, Gehring, Vieites, Ratsoavina, and Vences, 2023, Salamandra, 59: 1–41, placed this in their Gephyromantis blanci complex and discussed its relationships and calls. 

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