Laliostominae Vences and Glaw, 2001
Laliostominae Vences and Glaw, 2001, Spixiana, München, 24: 88. Type genus: Laliostoma Glaw, Vences, and Böhme, 1998. Incorrect original spelling, but unemendable under Art. 29.4 of ICZN, 1999, Internatl. Code Zool. Nomencl., Ed. 4.
Laliostomini — Dubois, 2005, Alytes, 23: 16 (tribe of Rhacophorinae). Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 244 (tribe of Mantellinae).
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Madagascar.
Comment
See comments under Mantellidae and Mantellinae, especially regarding the phylogenetic position of this taxon. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 180-183, provided accounts of the species.
Contained taxa
- Aglyptodactylus Boulenger, 1919 (3 sp.)
- Laliostoma Glaw, Vences, and Böhme, 1998 (1 sp.)
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