Mantidactylus kortei 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 kortei

Mantidactylus (Brygoomantis) kortei 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: 233. Holotype: ZSM 205/2005, by original designation. Type locality: "near camp, Andohahela (24.5440°S, 046.7141°E, 1548 m a.s.l.), Anosy Region, Madagascar". Zoobank publication registration: 2FD8C310-6486-4592-92F6-5EB894EBD6AC

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

High elevations in Andohahela National Park, Madagascar, ca. 1548 m elevation. 

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. 233–235) molecular and morphological diagnosis, natural history, advertisement call, adult morphology, and distribution. 

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