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

Mantidactylus was erected by Boulenger in 1895 with the type species Rana guttulata. For a long time the genus contained a wide variety of mostly terrestrial Madagascan frogs, that were divided into species groups and/or subgenera. Several of these groups were subsequently erected to genus level: Blommersia, Boehmantis, Gephyromantis, Guibemantis, Spinomantis and Wakea. Today, six subgenera remain within the genus Mantidactylus:

• Mantidactylus <small>Boulenger</small><small>, 1895</small>
• Hylobatrachus <small>Laurent, 1943</small>
• Brygoomantis <small>Dubois, 1992</small>
• Ochthomantis <small>Glaw</small> <small>& Vences, 1994</small>
• Chonomantis <small>Glaw</small> <small>& Vences, 1994</small>
• Maitsomantis <small>Glaw</small> <small>& Vences, 2006</small>

Species

New species of Mantidactylus are described at a rate of a few per year on average. The following list contains all described species as of 6 January 2023, arranged by subgenus:

• Mantidactylus

*Mantidactylus guttulatus <small>Boulenger, 1881</small>

*Mantidactylus grandidieri <small>Mocquard, 1895</small>

*Mantidactylus radaka <small>Rancilhac, Bruy, Scherz, Pereira, Preick, Straube, Lyra, Ohler, Streicher, Andreone, Crottini, Hutter, Randrianantoandro, Rakotoarison, Glaw, Hofreiter & Vences, 2020</small>

• Brygoomantis

*Mantidactylus ulcerosus <small>Boettger, 1880</small>

*Mantidactylus bellyi <small>Mocquard</small><small>, 1895</small>

*Mantidactylus noralottae <small>Mercurio & Andreone, 2007</small>

*Mantidactylus betsileanus <small>(Boulenger, 1882)</small>

*Mantidactylus inaudax <small>(Peracca, 1893)</small>

*Mantidactylus tripunctatus <small>Angel, 1930</small>

*Mantidactylus curtus <small>(Boulenger, 1882)</small>

*Mantidactylus ambohimitombi <small>Boulenger</small><small>, 1919</small>

*Mantidactylus bourgati <small>Guibé, 1974</small>

*Mantidactylus madecassus <small>(Millot & Guibé, 1950)</small>

*Mantidactylus pauliani <small>Guibé, 1974</small>

*Mantidactylus alutus <small>(Peracca, 1893)</small>

*Mantidactylus biporus <small>(Boulenger, 1889)</small>

*Mantidactylus tricinctus <small>(Guibé, 1947)</small>

*Mantidactylus schulzi <small>Vences, Hildenbrand, Warmuth, Andreone & Glaw, 2018</small>

*Mantidactylus mahery <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus steinfartzi <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus incognitus <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus jonasi <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus katae <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus kortei <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus riparius <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus fergusoni <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus georgei <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus jahnarum <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus marintsoai <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus grubenmanni <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus gudrunae <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus augustini <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus bletzae <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus brevirostris <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus eulenbergeri <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus glosi <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*Mantidactylus stelliger <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

*' <small>Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022</small>

Cladogram of subgenus Brygoomantis:

• Chonomantis

*Mantidactylus albofrenatus <small>(Müller, 1892)</small>

*Mantidactylus paidroa <small>Bora, Ramilijoana, Raminosoa & Vences, 2011</small>

*Mantidactylus charlotteae <small>Vences & Glaw, 2004</small>

*Mantidactylus zipperi <small>Vences & Glaw, 2004</small>

*Mantidactylus aerumnalis <small>(Peracca, 1893)</small>

*Mantidactylus melanopleura <small>(Mocquard, 1901)</small>

*Mantidactylus opiparis <small>(Peracca, 1893)</small>

*Mantidactylus brevipalmatus <small>Ahl, 1929</small>

*Mantidactylus delormei <small>Angel, 1938</small>

• Ochthomantis

*Mantidactylus ambreensis <small>Mocquard, 1895</small>

*Mantidactylus ambony <small>Scherz, Rasolonjatovo, Köhler, Rancilhac, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, Ohler, Preick, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2020</small>

*Mantidactylus femoralis <small>(Boulenger, 1882)</small>

*Mantidactylus mocquardi <small>Angel, 1929</small>

*Mantidactylus zolitschka <small>Glaw & Vences, 2004</small>

*Mantidactylus majori <small>Boulenger, 1896</small>

• Maitsomantis

*Mantidactylus argenteus <small>Methuen, 1920</small>

• Hylobatrachus

*Mantidactylus cowanii <small>(Boulenger, 1882)</small>

*Mantidactylus lugubris <small>(Duméril, 1853)</small>

*Mantidactylus atsimo <small>Scherz, Glaw, Hutter, Bletz, Rakotoarison, Köhler, and Vences, 2019</small>

*Mantidactylus petakorona <small>Scherz, Glaw, Hutter, Bletz, Rakotoarison, Köhler, and Vences, 2019</small>

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