Yet another small brown frog from high altitude on the Marojejy Massif, northeastern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2017
Authors:Scherz, Razafindraibe, Rakotoarison, Dixit, Bletz, Glaw, Vences
Journal:Zootaxa
Volume:4347
Issue:3
Pagination:572
Date Published:Feb-11-2018
ISSN:1175-5326
Nøkkelord:Amphibia, Anura, Gephyromantis, Gephyromantis schilfi, Gephyromantis tandroka, Gephyromantis tohatra sp. nov., Mantellidae
Abstract:

Madagascar hosts a high diversity of small brown frogs. In this paper, we add another one by describing Gephyromantis (Duboimantis) tohatra sp. nov. The new species is a small brown mantellid frog discovered on a recent expedition to Marojejy National Park in northeastern Madagascar. It is characterised, among other things, by its small size (snout-vent length ~33 mm), an orange to yellowish belly, two dorsolateral ridges, and a distinctive call composed of 7–10 pulsed notes. The new species occurs sympatrically with other members of the subgenus Duboimantis at high altitude (~1700 m above sea level), including its sister species G. schilfi from which it radically differs by advertisement call and by a substantial genetic divergence of 4.3% uncorrected pairwise distance in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene. It thus joins the diverse assemblage of Gephyromantis species known from high altitudes on the mountain massifs of northern Madagascar.

URL:https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4347.3https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4347.3.9https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/34380/30388https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/34380/30388
DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4347.310.11646/zootaxa.4347.3.9
Short Title:Zootaxa
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