''Guibemantis'' 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 ...

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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 guttu ...

. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 16 species divided into two

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Taxonomy

The genus ''Guibemantis'' was erected as a

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of ''

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 ...

'' by Dubois in 1992 with the

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'' Guibemantis depressiceps''. It was elevated to genus-level in 2006. In 1994, the

'' Pandanusicola'' was erected for a group of species that are strongly associated with

Pandanus ''Pandanus'' is a genus of monocots with some 750 accepted species. They are palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. The greatest number of species are found in Madagascar and Malaysia. Common names ...

screw-palms. It was originally proposed as an additional subgenus of ''Mantidactylus'', but when ''Guibemantis'' was elevated to genus-level in 2006, ''Pandanusicola'' was made a subgenus of it.

Species

This genus is divided into two subgenera: * ''Guibemantis'' Dubois, 1992 :* '' Guibemantis depressiceps'' (

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, 1882) :* '' Guibemantis kathrinae'' ( Glaw, Vences, and Gossmann, 2000) :* ''

Guibemantis timidus ''Guibemantis timidus'' is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marsh A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbac ...

'' ( Vences and Glaw, 2005) :* '' Guibemantis tornieri'' (Ahl, 1928) * '' Pandanusicola'' Glaw & Vences, 1994 :* '' Guibemantis albolineatus'' ( Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991) :* '' Guibemantis albomaculatus'' Lehtinen, Glaw, Vences, Rakotoarison & Scherz, 2018 :* '' Guibemantis annulatus'' Lehtinen, Glaw, and Vences, 2011 :* '' Guibemantis bicalcaratus'' ( Boettger, 1913) :* '' Guibemantis diphonus'' Vences, Jovanovic, Safarek, Glaw, and Köhler, 2015 :* '' Guibemantis flavobrunneus'' ( Blommers-Schlösser, 1979) :* '' Guibemantis liber'' ( Peracca, 1893) :* '' Guibemantis methueni'' (Angel, 1929) :* '' Guibemantis milingilingy'' Bletz, Scherz, Rakotoarison, Lehtinen, Glaw & Vences, 2018 :* '' Guibemantis pulcher'' (Boulenger, 1882) :* ''

Guibemantis punctatus ''Guibemantis punctatus'' is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded for ...

'' ( Blommers-Schlösser, 1979) :* ''

Guibemantis tasifotsy ''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 ''Mant ...

'' Lehtinen, Glaw, Andreone, Pabijan, and Vences, 2012 :* ''

Guibemantis wattersoni ''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 ''Mant ...

'' Lehtinen, Glaw, and Vences, 2011 :* ''

Guibemantis woosteri ''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 ''Mant ...

'' Lehtinen, Glaw, Vences, Rakotoarison & Scherz, 2018

References

Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa Endemic fauna of Madagascar Mantellidae Amphibian genera {{Mantellidae-stub