Boophis burgeri Glaw and Vences, 1994

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

Boophis burgeri Glaw and Vences, 1994, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 2: 107. Holotype: ZFMK 53641, by original designation. Type locality: "Andasibe, CE-Madagascar".

Boophis (Boophis) burgeriGlaw 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

Known only from the region of the type locality (Andasibe, Madagascar), 800-900 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the Boophis goudoti group according to the original publication. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 162-163, provided an account. Glaw, Köhler, De la Riva, Vieites, and Vences, 2010, Zootaxa, 2383: 19-20, noted that the photograph assigned to this species by Glaw and Vences (2007) does not show Boophis brachychir, but Boophis entingae.

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