Boophis piperatus Glaw, Köhler, De la Riva, Vieites, and Vences, 2010

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

Boophis piperatus Glaw, Köhler, De la Riva, Vieites, and Vences, 2010, Zootaxa, 2383: 7. Holotype: ZSM 377/2004, by original designation. Type locality: "Ranomafana, Andranoroa river, near Ranomafanakely, 21°14.872′ S, 47°22.580′ E; 1138 m above sea level (a.s.l.), southeastern Madagascar".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Ranomafana, near Ranomafanakely, southern Madagascar, 1138 m elevation).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the Boophis majori group, and previously confused with Boophis rhodoscelis, according to the original publication.

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