Mantidactylus bletzae Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw, and Vences, 2022

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Mantellinae > Genus: Mantidactylus > Species: Mantidactylus bletzae

Mantidactylus (Brygoomantis) bletzae Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw, and Vences, 2022, Megataxa, 7: 271. Holotype: ZSM 829/2014, by original designation. Type locality: "Pic d’Ivohibe Special Reserve, Camp 3 (22.49710°S, 046.95758°E, 1566 m a.s.l.), Ihorombe Region, Madagascar". Zoobank publication registration: 2FD8C310-6486-4592-92F6-5EB894EBD6AC

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Southern Central East Madagascar; known from Pic d’Ivohibe Special Reserve (Camp 3, at high elevation), and Maharira in Ranomafana National Park, 1248–1575 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the subgenus Brygoomantis, Mantidactylus biporus clade of Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw, and Vences, 2022, Megataxa, 7: 113–311, who provided an account detailing (pp. 271–273) molecular and morphological diagnosis, natural history, adult morphology, and distribution.

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