Blommersia

Blommersia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Subclass: Lissamphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Mantellidae
Subfamily: Mantellinae
Genus: Blommersia
Dubois, 1992
Type species
Gephyromantis blommersae
Guibé, 1975
Diversity
10 described species

Blommersia is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 10 species. It was formerly a subgenus of the genus Mantidactylus[1] but was elevated to genus-level in 2006.[2]

Species

References

  1. Dubois, A. (1992). "Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures)". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 61: 305–352.
  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.
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