Laliostominae Vences and Glaw, 2001

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Laliostominae
7 species

Laliostominae Vences and Glaw, 2001, Spixiana, München, 24: 88. Type genus: Laliostoma Glaw, Vences, and Böhme, 1998. Incorrect original spelling to be maintained under the provisions of Art. 29.4 of ICZN, 1999, Internatl. Code Zool. Nomencl., Ed. 4.

LaliostominiDubois, 2005, Alytes, 23: 16 (tribe of Rhacophorinae). 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: 244 (tribe of Mantellinae).

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Madagascar.

Comment

See comments under Mantellidae and Mantellinae, especially regarding the phylogenetic position of this taxon. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 180-183, provided accounts of the species.

Contained taxa (7 sp.):

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