Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana betsileana Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 460. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.26.33-45 (according to Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 242), MCZ 15362 (on exchange from BMNH, Barbour and Loveridge, 1946, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 96: 181). Type localities: "East Betsileo" and "Ankafana, Betsileo", Madagascar.

Rhacophorus fumigatus Mocquard, 1895, Bull. Soc. Philomath., Paris, Ser. 8, 7: 106. Holotype: MNHNP 1895.258, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 48. Type locality: "Madagascar . . . . côte ouest". Synonymy by Guibé, 1947, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 19: 439.

Mantidactylus betsileanus — Boulenger, 1895, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 15: 450. Boulenger, 1919 "1918", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1918: 258.

Mantidactylus multiplicatus Boettger, 1913, in Voeltzkow (ed.), Reise Ost-Afr., 3(4): 273. Holotype: SMF 6733 (formerly 1068.5a) according to Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 47. Type locality: "Alaotra-See, Ost-Madagascar". Synonymy by Boulenger, 1919 "1918", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1918: 258.

Mantidactylus brunneus Ahl, 1929 "1928", Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 14: 474. Holotype: ZMB unnumbered according to the original publication; lost, according to Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 45. Type locality: "Nord-West-Madagascar". Considered a nomen dubium by Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 45. Considered a junior synonym of Mantidactylus betsileanus by Glaw and Vences, 1992, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar: 277.

Mantidactylus tripunctatus Angel, 1930, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 2: 619. Syntypes: MNHNP 1931.21, 1931.23-25 (according to Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 45); MCZ 14280 (on exchange from MNHNP, according to Barbour and Loveridge, 1946, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 96: 152). Type locality: "Pic St. Louis, province de Fort-Dauphin" and "Befotaka, province de Farafangana ... à l'altitude de 700 mètres, au bord d'un torrent, en forêt", Madagascar. Considered a nomen dubium by Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 45; Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 261; and Glaw and Vences, 1992, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar: 278.

Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) betsileanus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 15. Laurent, 1943, Bull. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg., 19: 7.

Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) brunneus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 19.

Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) fumigatus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 190.

Mantidactylus (Brygoomantis) betsileanus — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 311. Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 3.

English Names

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

Distribution

Madagascar, except for extreme southern part.

Comment

Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 234-235, provided an account and noted similar unnamed species from 1) Nosy Boraha; 2) Andranofotsy 3) Tolagnaro; 4) Tomasina; 5) Andasibe; 6) Andohahela.

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