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Blommersia domerguei (Guibé, 1974)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Mantellinae > Genus: Blommersia

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Gephyromantis domerguei Guibé, 1974, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 3, Zool., 145: 1014. Holotype: MNHNP 1972.190, by original designation. Type locality: "Mare temporarire en forêt d'Ambalamarovandana (1500 m)", Andringitra Mountains, Madagascar.

Mantidactylus domerguei — Blommers-Schlösser, 1979, Beaufortia, 29: 32. Glaw and Vences, 1992, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar: 276.

Mantidactylus (Blommersia) domerguei — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 311.

Blommersia domerguei — Vences and Glaw, 2006, in Vences et al. (eds.), Calls Frogs Madagascar: 15. Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 242; by implication; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 2.

English Names

Domergue's Madagascar Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 101).

Distribution

Mountains of central and southern Madagascar.

Comment

Prior to the revision of Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 236-253, in the Mantidactylus (Blommersia) argenteus group of Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 311 and subsequently in the Mantidactylus (Blommersia) domerguei group of Glaw and Vences, 2002, Herpetol. J., 12: 11-20. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 184-185, provided an account.

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