Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Gephyromantis blanci Guibé, 1974, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 3, Zool., 145: 1015. Holotype: MNHNP 1972.183, by original designation. Type locality: "Mare temporaire en forêt d'Ambalamarovandana (1500 m)", Andringitra Mountains, Madagascar.

Mantidactylus blanci — Glaw and Vences, 2000, Spixiana, München, 23: 79.

Gephyromantis (Gephyromantis) blanci — Vences and Glaw, 2006, in Vences et al. (eds.), Calls Frogs Madagascar: 20. Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 236-253; by implication; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 2.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Ranomafana area, south through the Adringitra Mountains to the Chaines Anosyennes in rainforest in southeastern Madagascar, 800-1500 m elevation.

Comment

Removed from the synonymy of Mantidactylus decaryi by Glaw and Vences, 2000, Spixiana, München, 23: 79, where it had been placed by Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 205. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 210-211, provided an account and noted that this taxon contains numerous unnamed species. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status (as Mantidactylus blanci) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 624.

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