Mantidactylus jonasi 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 jonasi

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Widespread in northern Madagascar, from Ampotsidy, Ambodivohitra, Ampofoko, Andranonafindra, Antambato, Bemanevika, Makira, Mangindrano, Marojejy, Masoala, Montagne d’Ambre, Sorata, and Tsaratanàna. Elevation range: 411–1538 m, 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the subgenus Brygoomantis, Mantidactylus betsileanus 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. 226–226) molecular and morphological diagnosis, natural history, advertisement call, adult morphology, and distribution. 

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