Gephyromantis ambohitra (Vences and Glaw, 2001)
Mantidactylus (Gephyromantis) ambohitra Vences and Glaw, 2001, Alytes, 19: 120. Holotype: ZSM 1084.2001, by original designation. Type locality: "Montagne d'Ambre", Madagascar.
Gephyromantis ambohitra — Vences and Glaw, 2006, in Vences et al. (eds.), Calls Frogs Madagascar: 18.
Gephyromantis (Duboimantis) ambohitra — Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 244. by implication; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 2. Provisional allocation.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the vicinity of the type locality in the Montagne d'Ambre as well as Manoongarivo, northern Madagascar, 500-1200 m elevation.
Comment
Prior to the revision of Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 236-253, in the Mantidactylus asper group (according to the original publication). Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 220-221, provided an account and noted a similar unnamed species from Marojejy (now named Gephyromantis tahotra). See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Mantidactylus ambohitra) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 429. Glaw, Köhler, and Vences, 2011, J. Herpetol., 45: 158, provided a range map.
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