Suborder Neobatrachia Phylum Chordata Rank Genus Subclass Lissamphibia | Subphylum Vertebrata Scientific name Mantidactylus Order Frog | |
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Lower classifications Mantidactylus betsileanus, Guibemantis pulcher, Mantidactylus grandidieri, Guibemantis liber, Boehmantis microtympanum | ||
Phyllomedusa mantidactylus sperm sputter egg treatment
Mantidactylus is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. The genus is divided into several subgenera that form monophyletic genetic clusters and are ecologically similar.
Contents
- Phyllomedusa mantidactylus sperm sputter egg treatment
- Mantidactylus betsileanus boulenger 1882 hd betsileo madagascar frog 09 2014
- Taxonomy
- Species
- References
Mantidactylus betsileanus boulenger 1882 hd betsileo madagascar frog 09 2014
Taxonomy
Mantidactylus was erected by Boulenger in 1895 with the type species Rana guttulata. For a long time the genus contained a wide variety of mostly terrestrial Madagascan frogs, that were divided into species groups and/or subgenera. Several of these groups were subsequently erected to genus level: Blommersia, Boehmantis, Gephyromantis, Guibemantis, Spinomantis and Wakea. Today, four subgenera remain within the genus Mantidactylus:
Species
New species of Mantidactylus are described at a rate of a few per year on average. The following list contains all described species as of 5 May 2016, arranged by subgenus:
