Mantidactylus petakorona Scherz, Glaw, Hutter, Bletz, Rakotoarison, Köhler, and Vences, 2019

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

Mantidactylus (Hylobatrachus) petakorona Scherz, Glaw, Hutter, Bletz, Rakotoarison, Köhler, and Vences, 2019, PLoS One, 14(8: e0219437): 14. Holotype: ZSM 504/2016, by original designation. Type locality: "Camp 0 in Marojejy National Park (ca. 14.4463˚S, 49.7852˚E, ~310 m a.s.l.), Sava Region, former Antsiranana Province, northeastern Madagascar". Zoobank publication registration: FAAF3075-D231-4832-8D4C-C962ADA31ADB

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Found on rocks in small- to medium-sized rainforest streams with moderate flow velocity and on rocks along the stream banks; currently only known from Marojejy National Park at low elevation, Sava Region, northeastern Madagascar.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

Previous considered part of Mantidactylus lugubris, according to the original publication. 

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