Spinomantis

Spinomantis
Spinomantis aglavei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Mantellidae
Subfamily:	Mantellinae
Genus:	Spinomantis Dubois, 1992
Type species
Rhacophorus aglavei Methuen and Hewitt, 1913
Diversity
14 species

Spinomantis is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 13 species. ^[1] They are arboreal or terrestrial frogs and occur in or along small streams. Most species are nocturnal. ^[2]

Taxonomy

The genus Spinomantis was erected as a subgenus of Mantidactylus by Dubois in 1992. ^[3] It was elevated to genus-level in 2006. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

Spinomantis are small to medium-sized frogs, with adults measuring 22–60 mm (0.87–2.36 in) in snout–vent length. The toes have rudimentary to moderate webbing. The finger tips are distinctly enlarged. Males have subgular vocal sacs. ^[2]

Species

There are 14 species: ^{[1] [4] [5]}

image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Spinomantis aglavei (Methuen and Hewitt, 1913)	Madagascar.
	Spinomantis beckei Vences, Köhler, and Glaw, 2017	south-eastern Madagascar
	Spinomantis bertini (Guibé, 1947)	Madagascar
	Spinomantis brunae (Andreone, Glaw, Vences, and Vallan, 1998)	Madagascar
	Spinomantis elegans (Guibé, 1974)	Madagascar.
	Spinomantis fimbriatus (Glaw and Vences, 1994)	Madagascar.
	Spinomantis guibei (Blommers-Schlösser, 1991)	Madagascar.
	Spinomantis massi (Glaw and Vences, 1994)	Madagascar.
	Spinomantis microtis (Guibé, 1974)	Madagascar.
	Spinomantis mirus Sabino-Pinto, Rakotoarison, Bletz, Edmonds, Glaw, and Vences, 2019	Madagascar
	Spinomantis nussbaumi Cramer, Rabibisoa, and Raxworthy, 2008	Madagascar (Mahajanga)
	Spinomantis peraccae (Boulenger, 1896)	Madagascar.
	Spinomantis phantasticus (Glaw and Vences, 1997)	northeastern Madagascar
	Spinomantis tavaratra Cramer, Rabibisoa, and Raxworthy, 2008	northwestern Madagascar.

References

1. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Spinomantis Dubois, 1992". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
2. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2006). "Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs (Amphibia, Anura)". Organisms, Diversity & Evolution. 6 (2006): 236–253. doi: 10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.001 .
3. Dubois, A. (1992). "Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures)". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 61 (10): 305–352. doi:10.3406/linly.1992.11011.
4. "Mantellidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
5. VENCES, MIGUEL; KÖHLER, JÖRN; GLAW, FRANK (2017-09-04). "A new species of smooth-skinned Spinomantis frog (Anura: Mantellidae) from south-eastern Madagascar" . Zootaxa. 4317 (2): 379. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4317.2.12. ISSN   1175-5334.