''Guibemantis'' is a

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

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in the mantellid

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Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 25 species divided into two

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Taxonomy

The genus ''Guibemantis'' was erected as a

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of ''

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 ''Mant ...

'' by Dubois in 1992 with the

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

Guibemantis depressiceps ''Guibemantis depressiceps'' is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is Endemism, endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, fre ...

''. It was elevated to genus-level in 2006. In 1994, the

'' Pandanusicola'' was erected for a group of species that are strongly associated with

Pandanus ''Pandanus'' is a genus of monocots with about 578 accepted species. They are palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. Common names include pandan, screw palm and screw pine. The genus is classified ...

screw-palms. It was originally proposed as an additional subgenus of ''Mantidactylus'', but when ''Guibemantis'' was elevated to genus-level in 2006, ''Pandanusicola'' was made a subgenus of it.

Species

This genus is divided into two subgenera: * ''Guibemantis'' Dubois, 1992 :* ''

'' ( Boulenger, 1882) :* '' Guibemantis kathrinae'' ( Glaw, Vences, and Gossmann, 2000) :* '' Guibemantis timidus'' ( Vences and Glaw, 2005) :* ''

Guibemantis tornieri ''Mantidactylus tornieri'' is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater marshes, int ...

'' (Ahl, 1928) * '' Pandanusicola'' Glaw & Vences, 1994 :* '' Guibemantis albolineatus'' ( Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc, 1991) :* '' Guibemantis albomaculatus'' (Lehtinen, Glaw, Vences, Rakotoarison & Scherz, 2018) :*''

Guibemantis ambakoana ''Guibemantis'' is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 25 species divided into two subgenera. Taxonomy The genus ''Guibemantis'' was erected as a subgenus of ''Man ...

'' (Gabriel, Rothe, Kohler, Rakotomanga, Edmonds, Galan, Glaw, Lehtinen, Rakotoarison & Vences, 2024) :* ''

Guibemantis annulatus ''Guibemantis'' is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 25 species divided into two subgenera. Taxonomy The genus ''Guibemantis'' was erected as a subgenus of ''Man ...

'' (Lehtinen, Glaw, and Vences, 2011) :* ''

Guibemantis bicalcaratus ''Guibemantis bicalcaratus'' is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and plantations . It ...

'' ( Boettger, 1913) :* ''

Guibemantis diphonus ''Guibemantis'' is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 25 species divided into two subgenera. Taxonomy The genus ''Guibemantis'' was erected as a subgenus of ''Man ...

'' ( Vences, Jovanovic, Safarek, Glaw, and Köhler, 2015) :* ''

Guibemantis flavobrunneus ''Guibemantis flavobrunneus'' is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also term ...

'' ( Blommers-Schlösser, 1979) :*''

Guibemantis fotsitenda ''Guibemantis'' is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 25 species divided into two subgenera. Taxonomy The genus ''Guibemantis'' was erected as a subgenus of ''Man ...

''(Koppetsch, Pabijan, Hutter, Köhler, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Scherz, Vieites, Glaw & Vences, 2023) :* ''

Guibemantis liber ''Guibemantis liber'' is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, swamps, and heavily degraded ...

'' ( Peracca, 1893) :* ''

Guibemantis methueni ''Guibemantis'' is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 25 species divided into two subgenera. Taxonomy The genus ''Guibemantis'' was erected as a subgenus of ''Man ...

'' (Angel, 1929) :* '' Guibemantis milingilingy'' (Bletz, Scherz, Rakotoarison, Lehtinen, Glaw & Vences, 2018) :* '' Guibemantis pulcher'' (Boulenger, 1882) :* '' Guibemantis pulcherrimus'' ( Vences, Hutter, Glaw, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana & Scherz, 2023) :* '' Guibemantis punctatus'' ( Blommers-Schlösser, 1979) :*'' Guibemantis razandry ''(Koppetsch, Pabijan, Hutter, Köhler, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Scherz, Vieites, Glaw & Vences, 2023 :*'' Guibemantis razoky'' Koppetsch, Pabijan, Hutter, Köhler, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Scherz, Vieites, Glaw & Vences, 2023 :*'' Guibemantis rianasoa'' (Gabriel, Rothe, Kohler, Rakotomanga, Edmonds, Galan, Glaw, Lehtinen, Rakotoarison & Vences, 2024) :* '' Guibemantis tasifotsy'' (Lehtinen, Glaw, Andreone, Pabijan, and Vences, 2012) :*'' Guibemantis vakoa'', (Gabriel, Rothe, Kohler, Rakotomanga, Edmonds, Galan, Glaw, Lehtinen, Rakotoarison & Vences, 2024) :* ''

Guibemantis wattersoni ''Guibemantis'' is a frog genus in the Mantellidae, mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 25 species divided into two subgenera. Taxonomy The genus ''Guibemantis'' was erected as a subgen ...

'' (Lehtinen, Glaw, and Vences, 2011) :* '' Guibemantis woosteri'' (Lehtinen, Glaw, Vences, Rakotoarison & Scherz, 2018)

References

Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa Endemic fauna of Madagascar Mantellidae Amphibian genera {{Mantellidae-stub