''Gephyromantis'' is a

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

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in the mantellid

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Mantellinae Mantellinae is a subfamily of frogs in the family Mantellidae. These frogs are native to Madagascar and Mayotte. The species vary in size from under 25 mm (e.g. some species of '' Blommersia'') to over 100 mm (e.g. '' Mantidactylus gut ...

. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 45 species divided into six subgenera.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Gephyromantis'' was erected by Methuen in 1920 for the species '' Gephyromantis boulengeri''. Blommers-Schlösser considered this group as a

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Mantidactylus ''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. Taxonomy ''Man ...

'', but it was re-elevated to genus-level in 2006.

Species

This genus is divided into six subgenera: * ''Gephyromantis'' Methuen, 1920 :* '' Gephyromantis blanci'' Guibé, 1974 :* '' Gephyromantis boulengeri'' Methuen, 1920 :* '' Gephyromantis verrucosus'' Angel, 1930 :* '' Gephyromantis leucocephalus'' Angel, 1930 :* '' Gephyromantis decaryi'' Angel, 1930 :* '' Gephyromantis hintelmannae'' Wollenberg, Glaw, and Vences, 2012 :* '' Gephyromantis enki'' (Glaw and Vences, 2002) :* '' Gephyromantis eiselti'' Guibé, 1975 :* '' Gephyromantis thelenae'' (Glaw and Vences, 1994) :* '' Gephyromantis mafy'' Vieites, Wollenberg, and Vences, 2012 :* '' Gephyromantis runewsweeki'' Vences and De la Riva, 2007 :* '' Gephyromantis klemmeri'' Guibé, 1974 * '' Vatomantis'' Glaw & Vences, 2006 :* '' Gephyromantis silvanus'' (Vences, Glaw, and Andreone, 1997) :* '' Gephyromantis rivicola'' (Vences, Glaw, and Andreone, 1997) :* '' Gephyromantis webbi'' (Grandison, 1953) :* '' Gephyromantis lomorina'' Scherz, Hawlitschek, Razafindraibe, Megson, Ratsoavina, Rakotoarison, Bletz, Glaw & Vences, 2018 * '' Laurentomantis'' Dubois, 1980 :* '' Gephyromantis ventrimaculatus'' (Angel, 1935) :* '' Gephyromantis malagasius'' (Methuen and Hewitt, 1913) :* '' Gephyromantis striatus'' (Vences, Glaw, Andreone, Jesu, and Schimmenti, 2002) :* '' Gephyromantis horridus'' (Boettger, 1880) :* '' Gephyromantis ranjomavo'' Glaw and Vences, 2011 * '' Phylacomantis'' Glaw & Vences, 1994 :* '' Gephyromantis corvus'' (Glaw and Vences, 1994) :* '' Gephyromantis pseudoasper'' (Guibé, 1974) :* '' Gephyromantis azzurrae'' Mercurio and Andreone, 2007 :* '' Gephyromantis atsingy'' Crottini, Glaw, Casiraghi, Jenkins, Mercurio, Randrianantoandro, Randrianirina, and Andreone, 2011 * '' Duboimantis'' Glaw & Vences, 2006 :* '' Gephyromantis luteus'' (Methuen and Hewitt, 1913) :* '' Gephyromantis sculpturatus'' (Ahl, 1929) :* '' Gephyromantis plicifer'' (Boulenger, 1882) :* '' Gephyromantis salegy'' (Andreone, Aprea, Vences, and Odierna, 2003) :* '' Gephyromantis tandroka'' (Glaw and Vences, 2001) :* '' Gephyromantis moseri'' (Glaw and Vences, 2002) :* '' Gephyromantis schilfi'' (Glaw and Vences, 2000) :* '' Gephyromantis tohatra'' Scherz, Razafindraibe, Rakotoarison, Dixit, Bletz, Glaw and Vences, 2017 :* '' Gephyromantis tschenki'' (Glaw and Vences, 2001) :* '' Gephyromantis cornutus'' (Glaw and Vences, 1992) :* '' Gephyromantis redimitus'' (Boulenger, 1889) :* '' Gephyromantis granulatus'' (Boettger, 1881) :* '' Gephyromantis zavona'' (Vences, Andreone, Glaw, and Randrianirina, 2003) :* '' Gephyromantis leucomaculatus'' (Guibé, 1975) :* '' Gephyromantis saturnini'' Scherz, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Hawlitschek, Vences & Glaw, 2018 :* '' Gephyromantis grosjeani'' Scherz, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Hawlitschek, Vences & Glaw, 2018 * '' Asperomantis'' Vences, Köhler, Pabijan, Bletz, Gehring, Hawlitschek, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Andreone, Crottini & Glaw, 2017 :* '' Gephyromantis asper'' (Boulenger, 1882) :* '' Gephyromantis spiniferus'' (Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991) :* '' Gephyromantis ambohitra'' (Vences and Glaw, 2001) :* '' Gephyromantis tahotra'' Glaw, Köhler, and Vences, 2011 :* '' Gephyromantis ceratophrys'' (Ahl, 1929) :* '' Gephyromantis angano'' Scherz, Vences, Borrell, Ball, Nomenjanahary, Parker, Rakotondratsima, Razafimandimby, Starnes, Rabearivony and Glaw, 2017

References

Amphibians of Madagascar Endemic fauna of Madagascar Amphibian genera Taxa named by Paul Ayshford Methuen {{Mantellidae-stub