Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Rana opiparis Peracca, 1893, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Univ. Torino, 8 (156): 9. Syntypes: MZUT An730 (3 specimens); MZUT An730.1 designated lectotype by Andreone in Gavetti and Andreone, 1993, Cat. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat., Torino, 10: 108, 132. Type locality: "dai dintorni di Andrangoloaka e dalla vicina valle dell'Umbi", Madagascar. Given as Andrangoloaka, Madagascar by Andreone in Gavetti and Andreone, 1993, Cat. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat., Torino, 10: 108, 132.

Mantidactylus opiparis — Boulenger, 1895, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 15: 450. Boulenger, 1919 "1918", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1918: 259.

Mantidactylus frenatus Boettger, 1913, in Voeltzkow (ed.), Reise Ost-Afr., 3(4): 274. Holotype: SMF 6734 (formerly 1072.a), according to Mertens, 1967, Senckenb. Biol., 48(A): 47. Type locality: "Moramanga, O. Madagascar". Boulenger, 1919 "1918", Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1918: 260, noted that this is likely synonymous with Mantidactylus albofrenatus. Considered a synonym of Mantidactylus opiparis by Blommers-Schlösser, 1979, Beaufortia, 29: 21; Glaw and Vences, 1992, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar: 278.

Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) opiparis — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 21.

Mantidactylus (Mantidactylus) frenatus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 34.

Mantidactylus (Hylobatrachus) opiparis — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 312.

Mantidactylus (Chonomantis) opiparis — Glaw and Vences, 1994, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 2: 401. Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 3.

English Names

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

Distribution

Mountains of central and northeastern Madagascar, 450-1300 m elevation.

Comment

Removed from the synonymy of Mantidactylus albofrenatus by Blommers-Schlösser, 1979, Beaufortia, 29: 21, where it had been placed by Mocquard, 1902, Bull. Soc. Philomath., Paris, Ser. 9, 4: 18; and Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 34. Prior to the revision by Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 236-253, in the Mantidactylus (Hylobatrachus) albofrenatus group of Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 312. Vences and Glaw, 2004, J. Nat. Hist., 38: 88-92, and Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 244-245, provided accounts.

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