Mantidactylus inaudax (Peracca, 1893)

Scherz, Mark D., Crottini, Angelica, Hutter, Carl R., Hildenbrand, Andrea, Andreone, Franco, Fulgence, Thio Rosin, Köhler, Gunther, Ndriantsoa, Serge Herilala, Ohler, Annemarie, Preick, Michaela, Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Rancilhac, Loïs, Raselimanana, Achille P., Riemann, Jana C., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Rosa, Gonçalo M., Streicher, Jeffrey W., Vieites, David R., Köhler, Jörn, Hofreiter, Michael, Glaw, Frank & Vences, Miguel, 2022, An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the subgenus Brygoomantis (genus Mantidactylus) from Madagascar, Megataxa 7 (2), pp. 113-311 : 282

Mantidactylus inaudax clade

A clade with several lineages of rather small size (21.7–37.5 mm adult SVL) bearing morphological similarities to species in the M. biporus clade, but phylogenetically sister to the M. curtus clade. Unlike most species in the M. biporus clade, many individuals in the M. inaudax clade have dorsolateral folds (which can be weakly expressed). The clade contains one widespread and genetically variable species for which we here revalidate the historical name M. inaudax . The clade further contains one new species for which we name, in addition, two deep lineages as subspecies (see justification in the respective accounts), based on holotypes depicted in Fig. 73 .

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FIGURE 73. Preserved lectotype of Mantidactylus inaudax, and holotype specimens of newly named species and subspecies in the M. inaudax clade. Scale bars equal 5 mm.