Mantella baroni

Mantella baroni
Ranomafana National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Genus: Mantella
Species:
M. baroni
Binomial name
Mantella baroni
Boulenger, 1888
Synonyms[1]

Phrynomantis maculatus Thominot, 1889

Mantella baroni (often known by its common names, such as Baron's mantella, the variegated golden frog, or the Madagascar poison frog[2]) is a species of small poisonous frog in the family Mantellidae.

The species was first formally described by George Albert Boulenger in 1888, who penned the species' binomial after Richard Baron, an English botanist and missionary to Madagascar, who collected and studied the species.[3]

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Mantella baroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T57438A84165831. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T57438A84165831.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ F. Harvey Pough ... (2004). Herpetology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-100849-8.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Boulenger1888 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).