Mantidactylus Explained

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.^{[1] [2]} For a long time the genus contained a wide variety of mostly terrestrial Madagascan frogs, that were divided into species groups^[3] and/or subgenera. Several of these groups were subsequently erected to genus level: Blommersia, Boehmantis, Gephyromantis, Guibemantis, Spinomantis and Wakea.^[4] Today, six subgenera remain within the genus Mantidactylus:

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

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 Boulenger, 1881

• Mantidactylus grandidieri Mocquard, 1895

• Mantidactylus radaka Rancilhac, Bruy, Scherz, Pereira, Preick, Straube, Lyra, Ohler, Streicher, Andreone, Crottini, Hutter, Randrianantoandro, Rakotoarison, Glaw, Hofreiter & Vences, 2020
• Brygoomantis

• Mantidactylus ulcerosus Boettger, 1880

• Mantidactylus bellyi Mocquard, 1895

• Mantidactylus noralottae Mercurio & Andreone, 2007

• Mantidactylus betsileanus (Boulenger, 1882)

• Mantidactylus inaudax (Peracca, 1893)

• Mantidactylus tripunctatus Angel, 1930

• Mantidactylus curtus (Boulenger, 1882)

• Mantidactylus ambohimitombi Boulenger, 1919

• Mantidactylus bourgati Guibé, 1974

• Mantidactylus madecassus (Millot & Guibé, 1950)

• Mantidactylus pauliani Guibé, 1974

• Mantidactylus alutus (Peracca, 1893)

• Mantidactylus biporus (Boulenger, 1889)

• Mantidactylus tricinctus (Guibé, 1947)

• Mantidactylus schulzi Vences, Hildenbrand, Warmuth, Andreone & Glaw, 2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022

Cladogram of subgenus Brygoomantis:

• Chonomantis

• Mantidactylus albofrenatus (Müller, 1892)

• Mantidactylus paidroa Bora, Ramilijoana, Raminosoa & Vences, 2011

• Mantidactylus charlotteae Vences & Glaw, 2004

• Mantidactylus zipperi Vences & Glaw, 2004

• Mantidactylus aerumnalis (Peracca, 1893)

• Mantidactylus melanopleura (Mocquard, 1901)

• Mantidactylus opiparis (Peracca, 1893)

• Mantidactylus brevipalmatus Ahl, 1929

• Mantidactylus delormei Angel, 1938
• Ochthomantis

• Mantidactylus ambreensis Mocquard, 1895

• Mantidactylus ambony Scherz, Rasolonjatovo, Köhler, Rancilhac, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, Ohler, Preick, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2020^[5]

• Mantidactylus femoralis (Boulenger, 1882)

• Mantidactylus mocquardi Angel, 1929

• Mantidactylus zolitschka Glaw & Vences, 2004

• Mantidactylus majori Boulenger, 1896
• Maitsomantis

• Mantidactylus argenteus Methuen, 1920
• Hylobatrachus

• Mantidactylus cowanii (Boulenger, 1882)

• Mantidactylus lugubris (Duméril, 1853)

• Mantidactylus atsimo Scherz, Glaw, Hutter, Bletz, Rakotoarison, Köhler, and Vences, 2019

• Mantidactylus petakorona Scherz, Glaw, Hutter, Bletz, Rakotoarison, Köhler, and Vences, 2019

Notes and References

1. Boulenger. George Albert. On a genus of frog peculiar to Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6. 1895. 15. 450. 10.1080/00222939508677910.
2. Ahl. E.. Amphibia, Anura III, Polypedatidae. Das Tierreich. 1931. 55. 10.
3. Blommers-Schlösser. R. M. A.. Biosystematics of the Malagasy frogs I. Mantellinae (Ranidae). Beaufortia. 1979. 29. 1–77.
4. Glaw. Frank. Vences. Miguel. Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution. 2006. 6. 2006. 236–253. 10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.001. free.
5. Scherz. Mark D.. Rasolonjatovo. Safidy M.. Köhler. Jörn. Rancilhac. Loïs. Rakotoarison. Andolalao. Raselimanana. Achille P.. Ohler. Annemarie. Preick. Michaela. Hofreiter. Michael. Glaw. Frank. Vences. Miguel. 2020-11-05. 'Barcode fishing' for archival DNA from historical type material overcomes taxonomic hurdles, enabling the description of a new frog species. Scientific Reports. en. 10. 1. 19109. 10.1038/s41598-020-75431-9. 2045-2322. 7644772. 33154397. 2020NatSR..1019109S.