Mantidactylus fergusoni 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 fergusoni

Mantidactylus (Brygoomantis) fergusoni 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: 237. Holotype: ZSM 126/2002, by original designation. Type locality: "Andranofotsy (15.4353°S, 049.8439°E, 85 m a.s.l.), Analanjirofo Region, Madagascar". Zoobank publication registration: 2FD8C310-6486-4592-92F6-5EB894EBD6AC

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Low-elevations (12 to 1326 m) of Northern Central East and North East Madagascar; known from Ambato, Ambinanifaho, Ambodirafia Tokana, Ambodiriana, Ambodivohangy (Makira), Ampasimazava, Andranofotsy, Andrantambe, Antanambe, Antsahanoro, Befanjana, Belambo, various sites within Marojejy National Park, Masoala, Nosy Mangabe, and the Sambava region. Elevation range: 12–1326 m

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the subgenus Brygoomantis, Mantidactylus fergusoni 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. 237–244) molecular and morphological diagnosis, natural history, advertisement call, adult morphology, and distribution. 

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