Gephyromantis | |
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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 |
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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: