# 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

Mantidactylus was erected by Boulenger in 1895 with the type species Rana guttulata. For a long time the genus contained a wide variety of mostly terrestrial Madagascan frogs, that were divided into species groups and/or subgenera. Several of these groups were subsequently erected to genus level: Blommersia, Boehmantis, Gephyromantis, Guibemantis, Spinomantis and Wakea. Today, six subgenera remain within the genus Mantidactylus:
* Mantidactylus Boulenger, 1895
* Hylobatrachus Laurent, 1943
* Brygoomantis Dubois, 1992
* Ochthomantis Glaw & Vences, 1994
* Chonomantis Glaw & Vences, 1994
* Maitsomantis Glaw & Vences, 2006

## Species

New species of Mantidactylus are described at a rate of a few per year on average. The following list contains all described species as of 6 January 2023, arranged by subgenus:
* Mantidactylus
   * Mantidactylus guttulatus Boulenger, 1881
   * Mantidactylus grandidieri Mocquard, 1895
   * Mantidactylus radaka Rancilhac, Bruy, Scherz, Pereira, Preick, Straube, Lyra, Ohler, Streicher, Andreone, Crottini, Hutter, Randrianantoandro, Rakotoarison, Glaw, Hofreiter & Vences, 2020
* Brygoomantis
   * Mantidactylus ulcerosus Boettger, 1880
   * Mantidactylus bellyi Mocquard, 1895
   * Mantidactylus noralottae Mercurio & Andreone, 2007
   * Mantidactylus betsileanus (Boulenger, 1882)
   * Mantidactylus inaudax (Peracca, 1893)
   * Mantidactylus tripunctatus Angel, 1930
   * Mantidactylus curtus (Boulenger, 1882)
   * Mantidactylus ambohimitombi Boulenger, 1919
   * Mantidactylus bourgati Guibé, 1974
   * Mantidactylus madecassus (Millot & Guibé, 1950)
   * Mantidactylus pauliani Guibé, 1974
   * Mantidactylus alutus (Peracca, 1893)
   * Mantidactylus biporus (Boulenger, 1889)
   * Mantidactylus tricinctus (Guibé, 1947)
   * Mantidactylus schulzi Vences, Hildenbrand, Warmuth, Andreone & Glaw, 2018
   * Mantidactylus mahery Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus steinfartzi Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus incognitus Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus jonasi Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus katae Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus kortei Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus riparius Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus fergusoni Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus georgei Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus jahnarum Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus marintsoai Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus grubenmanni Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus gudrunae Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus augustini Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus bletzae Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus brevirostris Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus eulenbergeri Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus glosi Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus stelliger Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
   * Mantidactylus manerana [ia] Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler, Preick, Rakotoarison, Rancilhac, Raselimanana, Riemann, Rödel, Rosa, Streicher, Vieites, Köhler, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2022
    Cladogram of subgenus Brygoomantis:
* Chonomantis
   * Mantidactylus albofrenatus (Müller, 1892)
   * Mantidactylus paidroa Bora, Ramilijoana, Raminosoa & Vences, 2011
   * Mantidactylus charlotteae Vences & Glaw, 2004
   * Mantidactylus zipperi Vences & Glaw, 2004
   * Mantidactylus aerumnalis (Peracca, 1893)
   * Mantidactylus melanopleura (Mocquard, 1901)
   * Mantidactylus opiparis (Peracca, 1893)
   * Mantidactylus brevipalmatus Ahl, 1929
   * Mantidactylus delormei Angel, 1938
* Ochthomantis
   * Mantidactylus ambreensis Mocquard, 1895
   * Mantidactylus ambony Scherz, Rasolonjatovo, Köhler, Rancilhac, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana, Ohler, Preick, Hofreiter, Glaw & Vences, 2020
   * Mantidactylus femoralis (Boulenger, 1882)
   * Mantidactylus mocquardi Angel, 1929
   * Mantidactylus zolitschka Glaw & Vences, 2004
   * Mantidactylus majori Boulenger, 1896
* Maitsomantis
   * Mantidactylus argenteus Methuen, 1920
* Hylobatrachus
   * Mantidactylus cowanii (Boulenger, 1882)
   * Mantidactylus lugubris (Duméril, 1853)
   * Mantidactylus atsimo Scherz, Glaw, Hutter, Bletz, Rakotoarison, Köhler, and Vences, 2019
   * Mantidactylus petakorona Scherz, Glaw, Hutter, Bletz, Rakotoarison, Köhler, and Vences, 2019