A new Gephyromantis (Phylacomantis) frog species from the pinnacle karst of Bemaraha, western Madagascar | Zendy

Franco Andreone | Zendy; Angelica Crottini | Zendy; Frank Glaw | Zendy; Maurizio Casiraghi | Zendy; Richard K. B. Jenkins | Zendy; Vincenzo Mercurio | Zendy; Christian Randrianantoandro | Zendy; Jasmin Randrianirina | Zendy

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A new Gephyromantis (Phylacomantis) frog species from the pinnacle karst of Bemaraha, western Madagascar

Author(s) -

Franco Andreone,

Angelica Crottini,

Frank Glaw,

Maurizio Casiraghi,

Richard K. B. Jenkins,

Vincenzo Mercurio,

Christian Randrianantoandro,

Jasmin Randrianirina

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.81.1111

Subject(s) - subgenus , karst , cave , subfamily , plateau (mathematics) , biology , genus , zoology , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , paleontology , biochemistry , mathematical analysis , mathematics , gene

We describe a new mantellid frog of the subfamily Mantellinae from the karstic Bemaraha Plateau, western Madagascar. The new species belongs to the genus Gephyromantis, subgenus Phylacomantis, which previously included Gephyromantis azzurrae, Gephyromantis corvus and Gephyromantis pseudoasper. Gephyromantis atsingysp. n. has a snout-vent length of 35-43 mm and is a scansorial frog living among the Tsingy de Bemaraha pinnacles and inside the caves present in the area. A morphological analysis and biomolecular comparison revealed the degree of differentiation between these four species of the Phylacomantis subgenus.The new species seems to be endemic to Tsingy de Bemaraha.

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