Boophis bottae Vences and Glaw, 2002

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Boophinae > Genus: Boophis > Species: Boophis bottae

Boophis bottae Vences and Glaw, 2002, Tropical Zool., 15: 150. Holotype: ZSM 678/2001, by original designation. Type locality: "close to Andasibe (at a bridge on the road between the National Road 2 and the Andasibe village), central-eastern Madagascar 18° 56′ S, 48° 25′ E, ca. 900 m elevation."

Boophis (Boophis) bottaeGlaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 242, by implication; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 1.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Eastern rainforests of Madagascar, 800-1000 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the Boophis rappiodes group according to the original publication. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 174-175, provided an account.

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