Mantidactylus riparius 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 riparius

Mantidactylus (Brygoomantis) riparius 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: 235. Holotype: ZSM 2403/2007, by original designation. Type locality: "Isalo (Cascade des Nymphes), Ihorombe Region, Madagascar". Zoobank publication registration: 2FD8C310-6486-4592-92F6-5EB894EBD6AC

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Isalo Massif, Madagascar, 640 to 920 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. 235–237) molecular and morphological diagnosis, natural history, advertisement call, adult morphology, and distribution. 

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