''Mantidactylus'' is a
frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
in the
mantellid subfamily
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
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. The genus is divided into several
subgenera that form
monophyletic genetic clusters and are ecologically similar.
Taxonomy
''Mantidactylus'' was erected by
Boulenger in 1895 with the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
''
Rana guttulata''.
For a long time the genus contained a wide variety of mostly
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
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
''Guibemantis'' is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 16 species divided into two subgenera.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Guibemantis'' was erected as a subgenus of '' ...
'', ''
Spinomantis'' and ''
Wakea''.
Today, six subgenera remain within the genus ''Mantidactylus'':
*''Mantidactylus''
Boulenger, 1895
*''
Hylobatrachus''
Laurent, 1943
*''
Brygoomantis''
Dubois, 1992
*''
Ochthomantis''
Glaw & Vences, 1994
*''
Chonomantis''
Glaw & Vences, 1994
*''
Maitsomantis''
Glaw & Vences, 2006
Species
New
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of ''Mantidactylus'' are described at a rate of a few per year on average. The following list contains all described species as of 6 January 2023, arranged by subgenus:
*''Mantidactylus''
:*''
Mantidactylus guttulatus''
Boulenger, 1881
:*''
Mantidactylus grandidieri''
Mocquard, 1895
:*''
Mantidactylus radaka''
Rancilhac, Bruy, Scherz, Pereira, Preick, Straube, Lyra, Ohler, Streicher, Andreone, Crottini, Hutter, Randrianantoandro, Rakotoarison, Glaw, Hofreiter & Vences, 2020
*''
Brygoomantis''
:*''
Mantidactylus ulcerosus''
Boettger, 1880
:*''
Mantidactylus bellyi''
Mocquard, 1895
:*''
Mantidactylus noralottae''
Mercurio & Andreone, 2007
:*''
Mantidactylus betsileanus''
( Boulenger, 1882)
:*''
Mantidactylus inaudax''
(Peracca, 1893)
:*''
Mantidactylus tripunctatus''
Angel, 1930
:*''
Mantidactylus curtus''
( Boulenger, 1882)
:*''
Mantidactylus ambohimitombi''
Boulenger, 1919
:*''
Mantidactylus bourgati''
Guibé, 1974
:*''
Mantidactylus madecassus''
(Millot & Guibé, 1950)
:*''
Mantidactylus pauliani''
Guibé, 1974
:*''
Mantidactylus alutus''
(Peracca, 1893)
:*''
Mantidactylus biporus''
( Boulenger, 1889)
:*''
Mantidactylus tricinctus''
(Guibé, 1947)
:*''
Mantidactylus schulzi''
Vences, Hildenbrand, Warmuth, Andreone & Glaw, 2018
:*''
Mantidactylus mahery''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus steinfartzi''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus incognitus''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus jonasi''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus katae''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus kortei''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus riparius''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus fergusoni''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus georgei''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus jahnarum''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus marintsoai''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus grubenmanni''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus gudrunae''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus augustini''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus bletzae''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus brevirostris''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus eulenbergeri''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus glosi''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus stelliger''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
:*''
Mantidactylus manerana''
Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
*''
Chonomantis''
:*''
Mantidactylus albofrenatus''
(Müller, 1892)
:*''
Mantidactylus paidroa''
Bora, Ramilijoana, Raminosoa & Vences, 2011
:*''
Mantidactylus charlotteae''
Vences & Glaw, 2004
:*''
Mantidactylus zipperi''
Vences & Glaw, 2004
:*''
Mantidactylus aerumnalis''
(Peracca, 1893)
:*''
Mantidactylus melanopleura''
( Mocquard, 1901)
:*''
Mantidactylus opiparis''
(Peracca, 1893)
:*''
Mantidactylus brevipalmatus''
Ahl, 1929
:*''
Mantidactylus delormei''
Angel, 1938
*''
Ochthomantis''
:*''
Mantidactylus ambreensis''
Mocquard, 1895
:*''
Mantidactylus ambony''
Scherz
Scherz is a former municipality in the district of Brugg in canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Scherz merged into the municipality of Lupfig.
Geography
Scherz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55 ...
, Rasolonjatovo, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, Rancilhac, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, Ohler, Preick, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2020
:*''
Mantidactylus femoralis''
( Boulenger, 1882)
:*''
Mantidactylus mocquardi''
Angel, 1929
:*''
Mantidactylus zolitschka''
Glaw & Vences, 2004
:*''
Mantidactylus majori''
Boulenger, 1896
*''
Maitsomantis''
:*''
Mantidactylus argenteus''
Methuen, 1920
*''
Hylobatrachus''
:*''
Mantidactylus cowanii''
( Boulenger, 1882)
:*''
Mantidactylus lugubris''
(Duméril, 1853)
:*''
Mantidactylus atsimo''
Scherz, Glaw, Hutter, Bletz, Rakotoarison, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, and Vences, 2019
:*''
Mantidactylus petakorona''
Scherz, Glaw, Hutter, Bletz, Rakotoarison, Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
...
, and Vences, 2019
References
Endemic frogs of Madagascar
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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