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Mantidactylus ulcerosus (Boettger, 1880)
Limnodytes ulcerosus Boettger, 1880, Zool. Anz., 3: 282. Syntypes: Including SMF 1068.1a-b (according to Boettger, 1892, Kat. Batr. Samml. Mus. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges.: 13), MCZ 9331-34 and 2164 (on exchange from SMF, according to Barbour and Loveridge, 1929, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 69: 295), amd UMMZ 60296 (according to Peters, 1952, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 539: 19; an exchange from MCZ according to Kluge, 1983, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 166: 52); SMF 6605 considered holotype (in error) by Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 47, Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 36, and Blommers-Schlösser, 1979, Beaufortia, 29: 9. SMF 6605 designated lectotype by 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: 1197.Type locality: "insula Nossi-Bé", Madagascar.
Rana ulcerosa — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 462; Boettger, 1892, Kat. Batr. Samml. Mus. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges.: 13.
Mantidactylus ulcerosus — Boulenger, 1895, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 15: 450.
Mantidactylus brauni Ahl, 1929 "1928", Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 14: 472. Syntypes: ZMB (2 specimens) unnumbered according to the original publication; ZMB 31617 considered holotype, in error, by Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 36. ZMB 53737 formally designated lectotype by 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: 197. Type locality: "Akkoraka (Central-Madagascar)". Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 261, questioned whether the supposed syntypes are correctly identified as such. Synonymy by Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 36. Regarded as doubtfully distinct from Mantidactylus biporus by Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 261. Considered a nomen dubium by Glaw and Vences, 1992, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar: 277. Synonymy with Mantidactylus ulcerosus by 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: 197.
Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) ulcerosus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 17.
Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) brauni — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 20.
Mantidactylus (Brygoomantis) ulcerosus — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 311; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 3.
English Names
Warty Madagascar Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 101).
Distribution
Widespread in the northwestern Madagascar (including the western slopes of the Makira Reserve) and Sambirano regions of Madagascar, over a wide range of elevations and habitat types; known from Angorony, Ankarafantsika, Antsatramidola, Benavony, Berara, the border of the Bealanana district (Bevitagnono and Irogno forest), between Antsohihy and Mandritsara, between Antoshihy and Port Berger, Makira West (Sahaovy, Camp 0), Nosy Be (type locality) including Lokobe National Park, Sahamalaza, and Tsaratanàna; recorded from Nosy Komba. Records from the forests of Belambo and Anjiamangirana and in the Namoroka National Park (Raselimanana 2008) require genetic confirmation. Elevation range: 0–1093 m.
Comment
Andreone, Glaw, Nussbaum, Raxworthy, Vences, and Randrianirina, 2003, J. Nat. Hist., London, 37: 2119-2149, discussed the occurrence of this species on Nosy Be. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 232-233, provided an account and noted a similar but unnamed species from the vicinity of Isalo. Roberts and Daly, 2014, Salamandra, 50: 18–26, reported this species from Nosy Komba, between Nosy Be and the mainland. 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 (p. 195–205) molecular and morphological diagnosis, natural history, advertisement call, adult and larval morphology, and distribution.
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