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Gephyromantis

Gephyromantis
Gephyromantis-pseudoasper.jpg
Gephyromantis (Phylacomantis) pseudoasper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Subclass: Lissamphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Mantellidae
Subfamily: Mantellinae
Genus: Gephyromantis
Methuen, 1920
Type species
Gephyromantis boulengeri
Methuen, 1920
Diversity
42 described species

Gephyromantis is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 42 species divided into six subgenera.

The genus Gephyromantis was erected by Methuen in 1920 for the species Gephyromantis boulengeri. Blommers-Schlösser considered this group as a subgenus of Mantidactylus, but it was re-elevated to genus-level in 2006.

This genus is divided into six subgenera:



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