Spinomantis

Spinomantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Subclass: Lissamphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Mantellidae
Subfamily: Mantellinae
Genus: Spinomantis
Dubois, 1992
Type species
Rhacophorus aglavei
Methuen and Hewitt, 1913
Diversity
12 described species

Spinomantis is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 12 species.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Spinomantis was erected as a subgenus of Mantidactylus by Dubois in 1992.[2] It was elevated to genus-level in 2006.[3]

Species

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. "Spinomantis Dubois, 1992". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. Dubois, A. (1992). "Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures)". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 61: 305–352.
  3. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2006). "Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura)". Organisms, Diversity & Evolution. 6 (2006): 236–253. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.001.
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