Gephyromantis asper (Boulenger, 1882)
Rana aspera Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 465. Syntypes: BMNH (7 specimens), by original designation; including BMNH 1882.316.80-86 according to Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 213; BMNH 1882.3.16.80-90 according to Vences and Glaw, 2001, Alytes, 19: 113, who designated as lectotype BMNH 1882.3.16.80. Type locality: "East Betsileo", Madagascar.
Mantidactylus asper — Boulenger, 1895, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 15: 450. Mocquard, 1909, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 5, 1: 55.
Mantidactylus ceratophrys Ahl, 1929 "1928", Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 14: 475. Syntypes: ZMB (6 specimens) unnumbered according to the original publication; ; these lost according to Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 25; not lost and ZMB 10443-44, 50401-02 according to Vences and Glaw, 2001, Alytes, 19: 113, who designated ZMB 10443 as lectotype. Type locality: "Betsileo (Madagascar)". Synonymy by Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 25.
Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) asper — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 32. Laurent, 1943, Bull. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg., 19: 7.
Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) ceratophrys — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 31.
Mantidactylus (Gephyromantis) asper — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 312.
Gephyromantis asper — Vences and Glaw, 2006, in Vences et al. (eds.), Calls Frogs Madagascar: 18.
Gephyromantis (Duboimantis) asper — 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
East Betsileo Madagascar Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 101).
Distribution
Eastern Madagascar: Andringitra, and Tsaratanana mountains.
Comment
Prior to the revision of Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 236-253, in the Mantidactylus (Gephyromantis) granulatus group of Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 312, and the Mantidactylus asper group of Vences and Glaw, 2001, Alytes, 19: 107, who provided an account on page 113-117. Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 239, provided molecular evidence that this species (and presumably other members of the Gephyromantis asper group not included in their analysis) is more closely related to Vatomantis and Laurentomantis than to core Duboimantis, thereby suggesting that Duboimantis will likely be reformulated in the future. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 220-221, provided an account. Glaw, Köhler, and Vences, 2011, J. Herpetol., 45: 158, provided a range map.
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