Blommersia kely (Glaw and Vences, 1994)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Mantellidae > Subfamily: Mantellinae > Genus: Blommersia > Species: Blommersia kely

Mantidactylus (Blommersia) kely Glaw and Vences, 1994, Fieldguide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 2: 135. Holotype: ZFMK 57444, by original designation. Type locality: "the forestry station of Manjakatompo, Ankaratra mountains, central Madagascar".

Blommersia kelyVences and Glaw, 2006, in Vences et al. (eds.), Calls Frogs Madagascar: 15. Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 242; by implication; Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., Electron. Suppl., 11(1): 2.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the region of the type locality (Manjakatompo) in the Ankaratra Mountains, central Madagascar.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

Comment

Prior to the revision of Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 236-253, in the Mantidactylus (Blommersia) domerguei group of Glaw and Vences, 2002, Herpetol. J., 12: 11-20. See comments by Vences, Andreone, Glaw, Raminosoa, Randrianirina, and Vieites, 2002, Ital. J. Zool., 69: 271. Glaw and Vences, 2007, Field Guide Amph. Rept. Madagascar, Ed. 3: 184-185, provided an account.

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