Guibemantis vakoa Gabriel, Rothe, Köhler, Rakotomanga, Edmonds, Galán, Glaw, Lehtinen, Rakotoarison, and Vences, 2024

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

Guibemantis vakoa Gabriel, Rothe, Köhler, Rakotomanga, Edmonds, Galán, Glaw, Lehtinen, Rakotoarison, and Vences, 2024, Zootaxa, 5397: 475. Holotype: ZSM389/2004 (ZCMV 931), by original designation. Type locality: "Besariaka (south of Moramanga), central eastern Madagascar, coordinates -19.12863, 48.28063, 976 m a.s.l." Zoobank publication registration: 2F745EBA-05B4-4F85-A0EE-A56A73683B7A

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Besides (1) the type locality Besariaka, the species has also been recorded, based on genetic evidence, from (2) Sahafina, (3) Betampona, and (4) Fierenana, east central Madagascar. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

Comparative morphology, call, and molecular markers detailed in the original publication. 

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