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Mantidactylus brevirostris Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw, and Vences, 2022
Mantidactylus (Brygoomantis) brevirostris 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: 273. Holotype: MRSN A6257, by original designation. Type locality: "Sahambendrana, Réserve Naturelle Intégrale de Betampona (17.8984°S, 049.2154°E, 458 m a.s.l.), Antsinanana Region, Madagascar". http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2FD8C310-6486-4592-92F6-5EB894EBD6AC
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Low-elevation rainforest in the Northern Central East Madagascar; currently known from Betampona and Sahavontsira. Elevation range: 190–517 m.
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. 273–275) molecular and morphological diagnosis, natural history, adult morphology, and distribution.
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