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Mantidactylus betsileanus (Boulenger, 1882)
Rana betsileana Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 460. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.26.33-45 (according to Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 242), MCZ 15362 (on exchange from BMNH, Barbour and Loveridge, 1946, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 96: 181). Type localities: "East Betsileo" and "Ankafana, Betsileo", Madagascar.
Rhacophorus fumigatus Mocquard, 1895, Bull. Soc. Philomath., Paris, Ser. 8, 7: 106. Holotype: MNHNP 1895.258, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 48. Type locality: "Madagascar . . . . côte ouest". Synonymy by Guibé, 1947, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 19: 439.
Mantidactylus betsileanus — Boulenger, 1895, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 15: 450. Boulenger, 1918, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1918: 258.
Mantidactylus brunneus Ahl, 1929 "1928", Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 14: 474. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered according to the original publication; lost, according to Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 45. Type locality: "Nord-West-Madagascar". Considered a nomen dubium by Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 45. Considered a junior synonym of Mantidactylus betsileanus by Glaw and Vences, 1992, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar: 277.
Mantidactylus tripunctatus Angel, 1930, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 2: 619. Syntypes: MNHNP 1931.21, 1931.23-25 (according to Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 45); MCZ 14280 (on exchange from MNHNP, according to Barbour and Loveridge, 1946, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 96: 152). Type locality: "Pic St. Louis, province de Fort-Dauphin" and "Befotaka, province de Farafangana ... à l'altitude de 700 mètres, au bord d'un torrent, en forêt", Madagascar. Considered a nomen dubium by Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 45; Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 261; and Glaw and Vences, 1992, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar: 278.
Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) betsileanus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 15; Laurent, 1943, Bull. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg., 19: 7.
Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) brunneus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 19.
Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) fumigatus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 190.
Mantidactylus (Brygoomantis) betsileanus — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 311; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 3.
English Names
Betsileo Madagascar Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 101).
Distribution
Montagne d'Ambre in the extreme north, south to about Ranomafana, northeastern Madagascar.
Comment
Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 234–235, provided an account and noted similar unnamed species from 1) Nosy Boraha; 2) Andranofotsy 3) Tolagnaro; 4) Tomasina; 5) Andasibe; 6) Andohahela. Rodriguez, Börner, Pabijan, Gehara, Haddad, and Vences, 2015, Evol. Ecol., 29: 765–785 (and supplemental data), reported on phylogeographic diversity and its causes.
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