Mantidactylus sp
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unidentified species
The 2nd edition of Glaw and Vences placed these frogs in Mantidactylus grandidieri.
Due to genetic differences, the 3rd edition places these frogs in a closely related undescribed species instead, referred to as Mantidactylus sp. aff. grandidieri "North". And then in 2020, a study on this group of frogs determined that Mantidactylus grandidieri does in fact live in this area, but so does a closely related and very similar-looking new species called Mantidactylus radaka. I am hoping to find out more about how to distinguish them.
These are relatively large, nocturnal frogs usually found in the water.
Here is a list of all the reptiles and frogs I saw on this 2007 trip to Madagascar.
Online references:
- Loïs Rancilhac, Teddy Bruy, Mark D. Scherz, Elvis Almeida Pereira, Michaela Preick, Nicolas Straube, Mariana L. Lyra, Annemarie Ohler, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Franco Andreone, Angelica Crottini, Carl R. Hutter, J. Christian Randrianantoandro, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Frank Glaw, Michael Hofreiter & Miguel Vences, 2020. Target-enriched DNA sequencing from historical type material enables a partial revision of the Madagascar giant stream frogs (genus Mantidactylus)
Printed references:
- Glaw, F., Vences, M. 2007. A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition
- Glaw, F., Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition
- Henkel, F., Schmidt, W. 2000. Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar and the Mascarene, Seychelles, and Comoro Islands