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Boophis laurenti Guibé, 1947

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

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Boophis laurenti Guibé, 1947, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 19: 438. Holotype: MNHNP 1924.101, by original designation and Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 76. Type locality: "Massif de l'Andringitra (Madagascar)".

Rhacophorus (Boophis) laurenti — Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 53.

Rhacophorus andringitrensis Millot and Guibé, 1950, Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Ser. A, 4: 205. Syntypes: MNHNP 1953.164 (10 specimens), by original designation and Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 76. Type locality: "Andringitra: Cirque Boby (altitude 2.520 métres)", Madagascar. Synonymy by Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 76.

Rhacophorus brygooi Guibé, 1974, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 3, Zool., 145: 1011. Holotype: MNHNP 1972.236, by original designation. Type locality: "Cirque Boby", Andringitra Mountains, Madagascar. Synonymy by Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 323.

Rhacophorus andringitraensis — Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 76. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

Boophis (Boophis) laurenti — Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 242. by implication; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 1.

English Names

Andinrgitra Bright-eyed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 111).

Distribution

Andringitra Mountains, Madagascar.

Comment

In the Boophis microtympanum group, according to Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 316. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 150-151, provided an account.

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