Mantidactylus steinfartzi 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 steinfartzi

Mantidactylus (Brygoomantis) steinfartzi 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: 210. Holotype: ZSM 658/2001, by original designation. Type locality: "Antsahamanara ‘Camp 1’ (14.0450°S, 048.7844°E, ca 1000 m a.s.l.), Manarikoba forest, Tsaratanàna Massif, Diana Region, Madagascar." Zoobank publication registration: 2FD8C310-6486-4592-92F6-5EB894EBD6AC

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Sambirano Region in northern Madagascar; known from Tsaratanàna (Manarikoba), Manongarivo, and Ambodimandresy. Elevation range: 751–1000 m. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

Subgenus Brygoomantis, Mantidactylus ulcerosus 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. 206–210) molecular and morphological diagnosis, natural history, advertisement call, adult morphology, and distribution. 

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