Gephyromantis sculpturatus (Ahl, 1929)
Mantidactylus sculpturatus Ahl, 1929 "1928", Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 14: 477. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered according to the original publication; ZMB 30515 according to Vences and Glaw, 2001, Alytes, 19: 129; reported lost, apparently in error, by Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 210. Type locality: "Nord-West-Madagascar"; this locality considered likely erroneus by Vences and Glaw, 2001, Alytes, 19: 129.
Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) sculpturatus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 30.
Mantidactylus (Gephyromantis) sculpturatus — Vences and Glaw, 2001, Alytes, 19: 129. by implication.
Gephyromantis sculpturatus — Vences and Glaw, 2006, in Vences et al. (eds.), Calls Frogs Madagascar: 20.
Gephyromantis (Duboimantis) sculpturatus — Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 244. by implication; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 2.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from Andasibe, Ankeniheny, and Ranomafana, northern Madagascar.
Comment
In the Mantidactylus asper group according to the original publication. Removed from the synonymy of Mantidactylus plicifer by Vences and Glaw, 2001, Alytes, 19: 129-132 (who also placed it in their Mantidactylus asper group), where it had been placed by Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 210; Glaw and Vences, 1992, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar: 278. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 222-223, provided an account.
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