Boophis lichenoides Vallan, Glaw, Andreone, and Cadle, 1998

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

Boophis lichenoides Vallan, Glaw, Andreone, and Cadle, 1998, Amphibia-Reptilia, 19: 358. Holotype: NHM 1033822, by original designation. Type locality: "rainforest of An'Ala (An'Ala = the forest), approximately 6 km east of Andasibe, central eastern Madagascar, Moramanga Fivondronana, Toamasina Province, 48° 29′ E, 18° 55′ S, 890 m elevation".

Boophis (Sahona) lichenoidesGlaw 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

About 14° to 23° S in the eastern rainforest belt of Madagascar.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the Boophis tephraeomystax group according to the original publication. In the Boophis tephraeomystax group of Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 1.Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 148-149, provided an account.

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