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Spinomantis elegans (Guibé, 1973)
Rhacophorus elegans Guibé, 1973, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 3, Zool., 145: 1012. Holotype: MNHNP 1953.142, by original designation. Type locality: "Forêt au col d'Ivohibé", Andringitra Mountains, Madagascar.
Mantidactylus elegans — Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 30. Glaw and Vences, 1992, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar: 276.
Mantidactylus (Guibemantis) elegans — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 312.
Spinomantis elegans — Vences and Glaw, 2006, in Vences et al. (eds.), Calls Frogs Madagascar: 26. Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 248; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 2.
Common Names
Elegant Madagascar Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 101).
Distribution
Southeastern Madagascar from Ranomafana south to Andohahela, 1350-2500 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Madagascar
Endemic: Madagascar
Comment
Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 208-209, provided an account. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Mantidactylus elegans) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 430. See comment under Spinomantis brunae.
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