Rhombophryne laevipes (Mocquard, 1895)
Mantiphrys laevipes Mocquard, 1895, Bull. Soc. Philomath., Paris, Ser. 8, 7: 134. Holotype: MNHNP 1893.285, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 63; ZMB 10440 is "type" according to Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 35, apparently in error. Type locality: "montagne d'Ambre", Madagascar.
Mantophrys laevipes — Mocquard, 1909, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 5, 1: 72. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Mantipus laevipes — Guibé, 1946, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 18: 50.
Plethodontohyla laevipes — Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991, Faune de Madagascar, 75: 51.
Rhombophryne laevipes — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 366.
English Names
Madagascar Digging Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 92).
Distribution
Northern Madagascar in the Montagne d'Ambre region
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Mantipus hildebrandti (= Mantipus inguinalis) by Guibé, 1946, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 18: 50, where it had been placed by Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 34. See brief account by Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 120-121.
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