''Gephyromantis'' is a

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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 guttu ...

. 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 ''Mant ...

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

Species

This genus is divided into six subgenera: * ''Gephyromantis'' Methuen, 1920 ** decaryi complex *** '' Gephyromantis decaryi'' Angel, 1930 *** '' Gephyromantis hintelmannae'' Wollenberg, Glaw, and Vences, 2012 *** '' Gephyromantis leucocephalus'' Angel, 1930 *** '' Gephyromantis verrucosus'' Angel, 1930 ** eiselti complex *** '' Gephyromantis eiselti'' Guibé, 1975 *** '' Gephyromantis thelenae'' (Glaw and Vences, 1994) *** '' Gephyromantis mafy'' Vieites, Wollenberg, and Vences, 2012 ** blanci complex *** ' Miralles, Köhler, Glaw, Wollenberg Valero, Crottini, Rosa, Du Preez, Gehring, Vieites, Ratsoavina et Vences, 2023 *** '' Gephyromantis feomborona'' Miralles, Köhler, Glaw, Wollenberg Valero, Crottini, Rosa, Du Preez, Gehring, Vieites, Ratsoavina et Vences, 2023 *** '' Gephyromantis blanci'' Guibé, 1974 *** '' Gephyromantis enki'' (Glaw and Vences, 2002) *** '' Gephyromantis runewsweeki'' Vences and De la Riva, 2007 ** boulangeri complex *** '' Gephyromantis mafifeo'' Miralles, Köhler, Glaw, Wollenberg Valero, Crottini, Rosa, Du Preez, Gehring, Vieites, Ratsoavina et Vences, 2023 *** '' Gephyromantis sergei'' Miralles, Köhler, Glaw, Wollenberg Valero, Crottini, Rosa, Du Preez, Gehring, Vieites, Ratsoavina et Vences, 2023 *** '' Gephyromantis boulengeri'' Methuen, 1920 *** '' Gephyromantis kremenae'' Miralles, Köhler, Glaw, Wollenberg Valero, Crottini, Rosa, Du Preez, Gehring, Vieites, Ratsoavina et Vences, 2023 *** '' Gephyromantis mitsinjo'' Miralles, Köhler, Glaw, Wollenberg Valero, Crottini, Rosa, Du Preez, Gehring, Vieites, Ratsoavina et Vences, 2023 :Cladogramm of ''Gephyromantis'' subgenus: * '' Vatomantis'' Glaw & Vences, 2006 :* '' Gephyromantis lomorina'' Scherz, Hawlitschek, Razafindraibe, Megson, Ratsoavina, Rakotoarison, Bletz, Glaw & Vences, 2018 :* '' Gephyromantis webbi'' (Grandison, 1953) :* '' Gephyromantis rivicola'' (Vences, Glaw, and Andreone, 1997) :* '' Gephyromantis silvanus'' (Vences, Glaw, and Andreone, 1997) * '' Laurentomantis'' Dubois, 1980 :* '' Gephyromantis klemmeri'' Guibé, 1974 :* '' Gephyromantis horridus'' (Boettger, 1880) :* '' Gephyromantis ranjomavo'' Glaw and Vences, 2011 :* '' Gephyromantis striatus'' (Vences, Glaw, Andreone, Jesu, and Schimmenti, 2002) :* '' Gephyromantis malagasius'' (Methuen and Hewitt, 1913) :* '' Gephyromantis ventrimaculatus'' (Angel, 1935) :Cladogramm of ''Vatomantis'' and ''Laurentomantis'' subgenera: * '' 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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2575919 Amphibians of Madagascar Endemic fauna of Madagascar Amphibian genera Taxa named by Paul Ayshford Methuen