Blommersia is a genus of frogs in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 11 species. It was formerly a subgenus of the genus Mantidactylus[1] but was elevated to genus-level in 2006.[2]

Blommersia
Blommersia angolafa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Subfamily: Mantellinae
Genus: Blommersia
Dubois, 1992
Type species
Gephyromantis blommersae
Guibé, 1975
Diversity
11 species

Species

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Image Scientific name Distribution
  Blommersia angolafa Andreone, Rosa, Noël, Crottini, Vences, and Raxworthy, 2010 eastern Madagascar
Blommersia bara Vences, Multzsch, Köhler, Crottini, Andreone, Rakotoarison, Scherz & Glaw, 2023 Madagascar
  Blommersia blommersae (Guibé, 1975) Madagascar
Blommersia dejongi Vences, Köhler, Pabijan, and Glaw, 2010 Madagascar
Blommersia domerguei (Guibé, 1974) Madagascar
Blommersia galani Vences, Köhler, Pabijan, and Glaw, 2010 east coast of Madagascar
  Blommersia grandisonae (Guibé, 1974) Madagascar
Blommersia kely (Glaw and Vences, 1994) Madagascar
Blommersia sarotra (Glaw and Vences, 2002) Madagascar
Blommersia transmarina Glaw, Hawlitschek, Glaw K., and Vences, 2019 Comoros Islands
Blommersia variabilis Pabijan, Gehring, Köhler, Glaw, and Vences, 2011 north-eastern Madagascar
Blommersia wittei (Guibé, 1974) Madagascar

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  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.