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Stumpffia tridactyla Guibé, 1975
Stumpffia tridactyla Guibé, 1975, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 3, Zool., 323: 1089. Holotype: MNHNP 1975.25 by original designation (lost, according to Glaw and Vences, 1992, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar: 272). Type locality: "Massif du Marojezy", Madagascar.
Rhombophryne tridactylus — Peloso, Frost, Richards, Rodrigues, Donnellan, Matsui, Raxworthy, Biju, Lemmon, Lemmon, and Wheeler, 2016, Cladistics, 32: 140. Lack of gender agreement; Peloso, Raxworthy, Wheeler, and Frost, 2017, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 111: 63.
Stumpffia tridactyla — Scherz, Vences, Rakotoarison, Andreone, Köhler, Glaw, and Crottini, 2016, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 100: 375.
Rhombophryne tridactyla — Peloso, Raxworthy, Wheeler, and Frost, 2017, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 111: 63, by implication; Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 417
Common Names
Guibe's Stump-toed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 93).
Distribution
Known only from Marojejy National Park, Madagascar, 1000–2100 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Madagascar
Endemic: Madagascar
Comment
See brief account by Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 126–127. See account by Rakotoarison, Scherz, Glaw, Köhler, Andreone, Franzen, Glos, Hawlitschek, Jono, Mori, Ndriantsoa, Raminosoa, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Vieites, Crottini, and Vences, 2017, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 67: 336–337. Rakotoarison, Scherz, Bletz, Razafindraibe, Glaw, and Vences, 2019, Salamandra, 55: 115–123, reported on elevatonal phylogeography.
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