Mantidactylus tricinctus (Guibé, 1947)
Gephyromantis tricinctus Guibé, 1947, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 19: 154. Syntypes: MNHNP 1931.26-27 by original designation. MNHNP 1931.26 designated lectotype by Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 247. Type locality: "Befotaka (Madagascar)", presumably the one 40 km S Midongy du Sud, Midongy du Sud subprefecture, Madagascar, and "Vondrozo (Madagascar)", 22° 49′ S, 47° 20′ E, 700 m elevation. Restricted to "Befotaka", Madagascar by lectotype designation.
Mantidactylus tricinctus — Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 34.
Mantidactylus (Brygoomantis) tricinctus — Glaw and Vences, 1999, J. Herpetol., 33: 639-647. Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 3.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the type localities, Befotaka and Vondrozo, Madagascar.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Mantidactylus biporus by Glaw and Vences, 1999, J. Herpetol., 33: 639-647 (who provided an account), where it had been placed by Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 247. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 240-241, provided an account and who noted a similar unnamed species from An'Ala.
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