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Aglyptodactylus laticeps Glaw, Vences, and Böhme, 1998

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Laliostominae > Genus: Aglyptodactylus

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Aglyptodactylus laticeps Glaw, Vences, and Böhme, 1998, Z. Zool. Syst. Evolutionsforsch., 36: 18. Holotype: ZFMK 59972. Holotype: "Kirindy Forest (20° 03′ S, 44° 39′ E; at less than 100 m above sea level), western Madagascar".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Kirindy Forest, western Madagascar), ca. 1000 m elevation.

Comment

Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 180-181, provided an account. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 425.

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