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Boophis calcaratus Vallan, Vences, and Glaw, 2010

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Boophinae > Genus: Boophis

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Boophis (Sahona) calcaratus Vallan, Vences, and Glaw, 2010, Amphibia-Reptilia, 31: 3. Holotype: NMBE 1033824, by original designation. Type locality: "Ambavaniasy (18°55.647′S, 48°31.397′E, about 800 m above sea level), central eastern Madagascar".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from two localities in central eastern Madagascar (Ambavaniasy and close to Ambodifototra, in the southern part of Nosy Boraha

Comment

Rosa and Andreone, 2010, Zootaxa, 2426: 61-64, discussed call parameters.

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