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Mantidactylus ambony Scherz, Rasolonjatovo, Köhler, Rancilhac, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, Ohler, Preick, Hofreiter, Glaw, and Vences, 2020
Mantidactylus (Ochthomantis) ambony Scherz, Rasolonjatovo, Köhler, Rancilhac, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, Ohler, Preick, Hofreiter, Glaw, and Vences, 2020, Sci. Rep. (Nature, London), 10 (19109): 9. Holotype: ZSM 2078/2007, by original designation. Type locality: "the vicinity of the Gîte d’Étape in Montagne dʼAmbre National Park (12.5280° S, 049.1720° E, ca. 1050 m a.s.l.), northern Madagascar". Zoobank publication registration: 54957B7E-BDB3-437F-93A7-3E86288477BF
Common Names
None noted.
Distribution
Mid- to high-elevation areas of Montagne d’Ambre (recorded elevational range 940–1375 m), northern Madagascar.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Madagascar
Endemic: Madagascar
Comment
Confused with Mantidactylus ambreensis prior to its naming. Description of the call was included in the original publication as well as noting that the tadpole was described by Randrianiaina, Strauss, Glos, Glaw, and Vences, 2011, Contrib. Zool., Amsterdam, 80: 17–65, under the name Mantidactylus ambreensis.
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