Guibemantis razoky Koppetsch, Pabijan, Hutter, Köhler, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Scherz, Vieites, Glaw, and Vences, 2023

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Mantellinae > Genus: Guibemantis > Species: Guibemantis razoky

Guibemantis razoky Koppetsch, Pabijan, Hutter, Köhler, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Scherz, Vieites, Glaw, and Vences, 2023, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 73: 422. Holotype: ZSM 1746/2010, by original designation. Type locality: "Bemanevika ‘Camp 1’ (Antsirakala; 14.43061°S, 48.60179°E, 1466 m a.s.l.), Sofia Region, northern Madagascar". https://zoobank.org/5121CED1-7B49-455C-94FF-17C77EA7EDCE

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

So far reliably known from six localities (not taking into account the imprecise site “Bealanana region” in northern Madagascar: (1) Bemanevika, the type locality; (2) Ampotsidy; (3) Andranonafrindra forest; (3) Tsaratanana; (4) Makira; (5) Montagne d’Ambre (where a genetically distinct mitochondrial lineage occurs), all from elevations between 1044 and 1466 m.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

Comparative morphology, molecular markers, and advertisement call of this member of the Guibemantis liber complex detailed in the original publication. 

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