Rhombophryne diadema Scherz, Hawlitschek, Andreone, Rakotoarison, Vences, and Glaw, 2017

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Cophylinae > Genus: Rhombophryne > Species: Rhombophryne diadema

Rhombophryne diadema Scherz, Hawlitschek, Andreone, Rakotoarison, Vences, and Glaw, 2017, Zootaxa, 4273: 318. Holotype: ZSM 1629/2012, by original designation. Type locality: "Sorata Massif at 13.6817°S, 49.4411°E, at 1339 m a.s.l., in the Sava Region, northeastern Madagascar". Zoobank publication registration: 4D576A21-DA71-41C2-9408-96BB24B9CFD3

English Names

Diadem Saw-browed Diamond Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from high elevations (1339–1407 m) in the forest of the Sorata Massif in northern Madagascar. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

In the Rhombophryne serratopalpebrosa species group of Belluardo, Scherz, Santos, Andreone, Antonelli, Glaw, Muñoz-Pajares, Randrianirina, Raselimanana, Vences, and Crottini, 2022, Syst. Biodiversity, 20 (1: 2039320): 1–13.

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