A new Gephyromantis (phylacomantis) frog species from the pinnacle karst of Bemaraha, western Madagascar

Abstract

We describe a new mantellid frog of the subfamily Mantellinae from the karstic Bemaraha Plateau, western Madagascar. The new species belongs to the genus Gephyromantis, subgenus Phylacomantis, which previously included G. azzurrae, G. corvus and G. pseudoasper. Gephyromantis atsingy sp. n. has a snout-vent lengThof 35-43 mm and is a scansorial frog living among the Tsingy de Bemaraha pinnacles and inside the caves present in the area. A morphological analysis and biomolecular comparison revealed the degree of diff erentiation between these four species of the Phylacomantis subgenus. The new species seems to be endemic to Tsingy de Bemaraha. © A. Crottini et al.