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station forestière à
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Due to some imprecise information in the handwritten MNHN catalogue and extensive re-labelling of several of these specimens, there has been confusion on the type series in subsequent publications and in the current digital MNHN catalogue.
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F32154C7FFE5FF833D8D4F5EF635F8FB" box="[151,293,1843,1869]" name="Madagascar" pageId="11" pageNumber="189">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B891457FFE5FF833DDD4F3AF29DF86B" blockId="11.[151,1437,1447,2013]" pageId="11" pageNumber="189">
In contrast, the digital type catalogue of the MNHN (downloaded from gbif.org in 2022) as well as the MNHN online catalogue (https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/ra/; accessed
<date id="FF883297FFE5FF83392C4F16F3EFF823" box="[1078,1279,1915,1941]" pageId="11" pageNumber="189" value="2023-02-11">11 February 2023</date>
) state that the
<typeStatus id="548DAAF5FFE5FF833D8D4FF2F7E9F80F" box="[151,249,1951,1977]" pageId="11" pageNumber="189">holotype</typeStatus>
originated from “
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE5FF833CDA4FF2F5D2F80F" box="[448,706,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="189">Vallée de la Tsiribihina</emphasis>
” and furthermore provide the following list of
<typeStatus id="548DAAF5FFE5FF8339D74FF2F22DF80F" box="[1229,1341,1951,1977]" pageId="11" pageNumber="189">paratypes</typeStatus>
: MNHN 1973.9441973.951 (
<specimenCount id="9D30DFDEFFE5FF833C9D4FAEF503F86B" box="[391,531,1987,2013]" pageId="11" pageNumber="189" type="generic">8 specimens</specimenCount>
) from Ankarafantsika, and 1993.6821993.684 (
<specimenCount id="9D30DFDEFFE5FF83392C4FAEF3D1F86B" box="[1078,1217,1987,2013]" pageId="11" pageNumber="189" type="generic">3 specimens</specimenCount>
) from Ampijoroa.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B942C845FFE2FF843D8D4EE3F603F910" bold="true" box="[151,275,1678,1702]" pageId="12" pageNumber="190">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Preserved name-bearing type specimens of
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<emphasis id="B942C845FFE2FF843FC94EE3F49CF910" box="[723,908,1678,1702]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="190">Blommersia wittei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B942C845FFE2FF843EA44EE3F37FF910" box="[958,1135,1678,1702]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="190">Blommersia bara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE2FF84396F4EE3F3D5F910" bold="true" box="[1141,1221,1678,1702]" pageId="12" pageNumber="190">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A271753EFFE2FF84396F4EE3F3D5F910" box="[1141,1221,1678,1702]" pageId="12" pageNumber="190" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in dorsal and ventral views. Photographs of the
<taxonomicName id="4C366FD4FFE2FF843CB24EDEF6EDF97C" baseAuthorityName="Guibe" baseAuthorityYear="1974" box="[424,509,1715,1738]" class="Amphibia" family="Mantellidae" genus="Blommersia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="190" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wittei">
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE2FF843CB24EDEF6EDF97C" box="[424,509,1715,1738]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="190">B. wittei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
holotype by RECOLNAT (ANR-11-INBS-0004) / Antoine Fraysse, available from https:// science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/ra/item/1953.60.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B891457FFE2FF843DDD4F2CF646F870" blockId="12.[151,1437,1856,1991]" pageId="12" pageNumber="190">
<bibRefCitation id="EFA769A6FFE2FF843DDD4F2CF6B3F8EC" author="Vences, M. &amp; Pabijan, M. &amp; Glaw, F." box="[199,419,1856,1883]" pageId="12" pageNumber="190" pagination="133 - 156" refId="ref15591" refString="Vences, M., K ˆ hler, J., Pabijan, M. &amp; Glaw, F. (2010) Two syntopic and microendemic new frogs of the genus Blommersia from the east coast of Madagascar. African Journal of Herpetology, 59, 133 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 21564574.2010.512961" type="journal article" year="2010">
Vences
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE2FF843C064F2CF643F8EC" box="[284,339,1856,1882]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="190">et al.</emphasis>
(2010)
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provided measurements of part of the type series of
<taxonomicName id="4C366FD4FFE2FF843EFB4F2CF32DF8EC" baseAuthorityName="Guibe" baseAuthorityYear="1974" box="[993,1085,1857,1882]" class="Amphibia" family="Mantellidae" genus="Blommersia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="190" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wittei">
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE2FF843EFB4F2CF32DF8EC" box="[993,1085,1857,1882]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="190">B. wittei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, purportedly all from Ambanja: the
<typeStatus id="548DAAF5FFE2FF843DA54F09F631F8C8" box="[191,289,1892,1918]" pageId="12" pageNumber="190">holotype</typeStatus>
MNHN 1953.60, and the following
<typeStatus id="548DAAF5FFE2FF843FA84F08F432F8C9" box="[690,802,1893,1919]" pageId="12" pageNumber="190">paratypes</typeStatus>
: MNHN 1991.25291991.2533 (
<specimenCount id="9D30DFDEFFE2FF84398A4F09F20CF8C8" box="[1168,1308,1892,1919]" pageId="12" pageNumber="190" type="generic">5 specimens</specimenCount>
; previously labelled MNHN 1953.60 A to E) and MNHN 1991.25361991.2539 (
<specimenCount id="9D30DFDEFFE2FF843ED94FE5F345F814" box="[963,1109,1928,1954]" pageId="12" pageNumber="190" type="generic">4 specimens</specimenCount>
, previously labelled MNHN 1953.60 H to K).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B891457FFE3FF853DDD48FAF431FF63" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2036]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">
After inspecting the original (handwritten) MNHN catalogues (partly available from https://science.mnhn.fr/ catalogues; accessed
<date id="FF883297FFE3FF853C9F48D6F55DFF63" box="[389,589,187,213]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" value="2023-02-11">11 February 2023</date>
) we conclude that:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B891457FFE3FF853DDD48B3F3D7FED5" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2036]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">
(1) The
<typeStatus id="548DAAF5FFE3FF853C3A48B3F692FF4E" box="[288,386,222,248]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C366FD4FFE3FF853CBD48B3F40DFF4E" authority="Guibe, 1974" authorityName="Guibe" authorityYear="1974" box="[423,797,222,248]" class="Amphibia" family="Mantellidae" genus="Mantidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wittei">
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE3FF853CBD48B3F59CFF4E" box="[423,652,222,248]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Mantidactylus wittei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA769A6FFE3FF853F8948B3F40DFF4E" author="Guibe, J." box="[659,797,222,248]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" pagination="1169 - 1192" refId="ref14037" refString="Guibe, J. (1974) Batraciens nouveaux de Madagascar. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Serie 3, Zoologie (1973), 171, 1169 - 1192." type="journal article" year="1974">Guibé, 1974</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) unambiguously is the specimen MNHN 1953.60 for which morphometric measurements were provided by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA769A6FFE3FF853E2F496EF30EFEAA" author="Vences, M. &amp; Pabijan, M. &amp; Glaw, F." box="[821,1054,258,285]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" pagination="133 - 156" refId="ref15591" refString="Vences, M., K ˆ hler, J., Pabijan, M. &amp; Glaw, F. (2010) Two syntopic and microendemic new frogs of the genus Blommersia from the east coast of Madagascar. African Journal of Herpetology, 59, 133 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 21564574.2010.512961" type="journal article" year="2010">
Vences
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE3FF853E94496EF4DAFEAA" box="[910,970,258,284]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">et al.</emphasis>
(2010)
</bibRefCitation>
and whose locality, according to the original description and original catalogue entry is “
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE3FF853E0B494AF31AFEF6" box="[785,1034,294,320]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Environs dAmbanja”</emphasis>
, with the addition in the catalogue:
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE3FF853D8D4927F629FED2" box="[151,313,330,356]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">“Cacaoyéres”</emphasis>
(= cacao trees, thus indicating the specimen was collected in a cacao plantation).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B891457FFE3FF853DDD4900F4DCFE1D" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2036]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">
(2)
<materialsCitation id="3B5E1E0AFFE3FF853DF44903F4D9FE1D" country="Madagascar" location="Environs d'Ambanja'" municipality="Forest Ankarafantsika" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" specimenCount="11" typeStatus="paratype">
A series of
<specimenCount id="9D30DFDEFFE3FF853C754900F6ECFE3E" box="[367,508,365,392]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">11 paratypes</specimenCount>
(originally labelled MNHN 1953.60 A to 1953 K, currently re-labelled as MNHN 1991.25291991.2539) originates from the same locality as the holotype
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B891457FFE3FF853DDD49D8F3B2FE79" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2036]" box="[199,1186,437,464]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">
(3) A series of
<specimenCount id="9D30DFDEFFE3FF853C7649D8F6FCFE79" box="[364,492,437,463]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">8 paratypes</specimenCount>
(MNHN 1973.9441973.951) originate from Ankarafantsika,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B891457FFE3FF853DDD49B4F214FDA0" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2036]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">
(4)
<materialsCitation id="3B5E1E0AFFE3FF853DF749B4F3EFFDA0" country="Madagascar" county="Ankarafantsika forest" location="Ampijoroa" municipality="National Parks" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" specimenCount="3" typeStatus="paratype">
A series of
<specimenCount id="9D30DFDEFFE3FF853C7349B4F6F9FE45" box="[361,489,473,499]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">3 paratypes</specimenCount>
(MNHN 1993.6821993.684) originate from
<location id="8EE9428CFFE3FF853EF349B5F375FE44" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039FA541FFE5FF863D8D4D57F654FCA3:8EE9428CFFE3FF853EF349B5F375FE44" box="[1001,1125,472,498]" country="Madagascar" county="Ankarafantsika forest" municipality="National Parks" name="Ampijoroa" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Ampijoroa</location>
, which represents a forestry station (currently local headquarters of
<collectingCountry id="F32154C7FFE3FF853F4A4991F5C7FDA0" box="[592,727,508,534]" name="Madagascar" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
<collectingMunicipality id="6BED8E2DFFE3FF853FC44991F496FDA0" box="[734,902,508,534]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">National Parks</collectingMunicipality>
) within the
<collectingCounty id="62E86CDBFFE3FF8539104991F3EFFDA0" box="[1034,1279,508,534]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Ankarafantsika forest</collectingCounty>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B891457FFE3FF853DDD4A4DF3FDFD7F" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2036]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">
<materialsCitation id="3B5E1E0AFFE3FF853DDD4A4DF24BFD8C" box="[199,1371,544,571]" location="As" municipality="Taxonomic" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<location id="8EE9428CFFE3FF853DDD4A4DF7F6FD8C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039FA541FFE5FF863D8D4D57F654FCA3:8EE9428CFFE3FF853DDD4A4DF7F6FD8C" box="[199,230,544,570]" municipality="Taxonomic" name="As" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">As</location>
explained in the
<collectingMunicipality id="6BED8E2DFFE3FF853CA24A4DF526FD8C" box="[440,566,544,570]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Taxonomic</collectingMunicipality>
conclusion account above, based on the provenance of the
<typeStatus id="548DAAF5FFE3FF8539E34A4DF24BFD8C" box="[1273,1371,544,570]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">holotype</typeStatus>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B5E1E0AFFE3FF85387C4A4DF318FD34" country="Madagascar" county="The" location="Ambanja" municipality="Ambanja" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
from
<location id="8EE9428CFFE3FF853D8D4A29F611FDE8" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039FA541FFE5FF863D8D4D57F654FCA3:8EE9428CFFE3FF853D8D4A29F611FDE8" box="[151,257,580,606]" country="Madagascar" county="The" municipality="Ambanja" name="Ambanja" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Ambanja</location>
, we continue assigning the name
<taxonomicName id="4C366FD4FFE3FF853F8E4A29F5E5FDEB" authorityName="Guibe" authorityYear="1974" box="[660,757,580,605]" class="Amphibia" family="Mantellidae" genus="Mantidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wittei">
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE3FF853F8E4A29F5E5FDEB" box="[660,757,580,605]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">B. wittei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the genetic lineage occurring across much of northern
<collectingCountry id="F32154C7FFE3FF853D8D4A0AF60EFD37" box="[151,286,615,641]" name="Madagascar" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
and collected by us at
<collectingMunicipality id="6BED8E2DFFE3FF853F024A0AF56FFD37" box="[536,639,615,641]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Ambanja</collectingMunicipality>
and nearby localities.
<collectingCounty id="62E86CDBFFE3FF853E6D4A0AF4B3FD37" box="[887,931,615,641]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">The</collectingCounty>
<typeStatus id="548DAAF5FFE3FF853EB24A05F318FD34" box="[936,1032,616,642]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">paratype</typeStatus>
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B5E1E0AFFE3FF8539154A0AF3F9FD7F" country="Madagascar" county="Only" location="Ankarafantsika" municipality="Ca" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" specimenCount="11" typeStatus="holotype">
series is however mixed: specimens from
<location id="8EE9428CFFE3FF853DC94AE6F66EFD13" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039FA541FFE5FF863D8D4D57F654FCA3:8EE9428CFFE3FF853DC94AE6F66EFD13" box="[211,382,651,677]" country="Madagascar" county="Only" municipality="Ca" name="Ankarafantsika" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Ankarafantsika</location>
(MNHN 1973.9441973.951) and
<location id="8EE9428CFFE3FF853E1D4AE6F490FD13" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039FA541FFE5FF863D8D4D57F654FCA3:8EE9428CFFE3FF853E1D4AE6F490FD13" box="[775,896,651,677]" country="Madagascar" county="Only" municipality="Ca" name="Ampijoroa" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Ampijoroa</location>
(MNHN 1993.6821993.684) are here assigned to
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE3FF853DAE4ADDF7DCFD7F" box="[180,204,688,713]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">B.</emphasis>
sp.
<collectingMunicipality id="6BED8E2DFFE3FF853DE04AC2F60DFD7C" box="[250,285,687,714]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Ca</collectingMunicipality>
5.
<collectingCounty id="62E86CDBFFE3FF853C2F4AC2F67DFD7F" box="[309,365,687,713]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Only</collectingCounty>
the
<specimenCount id="9D30DFDEFFE3FF853C874AC2F53AFD7F" box="[413,554,687,713]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">11 paratypes</specimenCount>
from the type locality are likely conspecific with the
<typeStatus id="548DAAF5FFE3FF8539994AC2F3F9FD7F" box="[1155,1257,687,713]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">holotype</typeStatus>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B891457FFE3FF853DDD4ABEF61CFBBC" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2036]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE3FF853DDD4ABEF641FD5B" box="[199,337,723,749]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Morphology</emphasis>
. Measurements of the
<typeStatus id="548DAAF5FFE3FF853F464ABEF59CFD5B" box="[604,652,723,749]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">type</typeStatus>
series of
<taxonomicName id="4C366FD4FFE3FF853E1A4ABEF470FD5A" authorityName="Guibe" authorityYear="1974" box="[768,864,723,748]" class="Amphibia" family="Mantellidae" genus="Mantidactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wittei">
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE3FF853E1A4ABEF470FD5A" box="[768,864,723,748]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">B. wittei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been published by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA769A6FFE3FF8539984ABEF27AFD5B" author="Vences, M. &amp; Pabijan, M. &amp; Glaw, F." box="[1154,1386,723,749]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" pagination="133 - 156" refId="ref15591" refString="Vences, M., K ˆ hler, J., Pabijan, M. &amp; Glaw, F. (2010) Two syntopic and microendemic new frogs of the genus Blommersia from the east coast of Madagascar. African Journal of Herpetology, 59, 133 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 21564574.2010.512961" type="journal article" year="2010">
Vences
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE3FF8539C14ABEF206FD5B" box="[1243,1302,723,749]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">et al.</emphasis>
(2010)
</bibRefCitation>
and measurements of additional specimens by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA769A6FFE3FF853F6A4A9BF446FCA6" author="Pabijan, M. &amp; Gehring, P. - S. &amp; Glaw, F. &amp; Vences, M." box="[624,854,758,784]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" pagination="34 - 50" refId="ref14545" refString="Pabijan, M., Gehring, P. - S., K ˆ hler, J., Glaw, F. &amp; Vences, M. (2011) A new microendemic frog species of the genus Blommersia (Anura: Mantellidae) from the east coast of Madagascar. Zootaxa, 2978 (1), 34 - 50. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2978.1.2" type="journal article" year="2011">
Pabijan
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE3FF853FD14A9AF413FCA6" box="[715,771,758,784]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">et al.</emphasis>
(2011)
</bibRefCitation>
. Measurements of further specimens are included in
<tableCitation id="C6B421ECFFE3FF853D8D4B77F7F9FC82" box="[151,233,794,820]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,239,470,496]" captionText="TABLE 1. Morphometric measurements (all in mm) and femoral gland conditions of adults of the Blommersia wittei species complex targeted in this study. For abbreviations of measurements, see Materials and Methods; other abbreviations: HT, holotype; PT, paratype; F, female; M, male; FG, femoral gland. NA, not applicable; NM, not measured." pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Table 1</tableCitation>
herein.A full set of measurements including those from the previous publications is given as Supplementary Table 2 (available from the Zenodo repository under DOI 10.5281/zenodo.8049142). Based on these data, male SVL is 21.027.0 mm and female SVL is 20.725.0 mm. In the specimens examined for the present study (listed in
<tableCitation id="C6B421ECFFE3FF853D8D4BE8F7F9FC29" box="[151,233,901,927]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,239,470,496]" captionText="TABLE 1. Morphometric measurements (all in mm) and femoral gland conditions of adults of the Blommersia wittei species complex targeted in this study. For abbreviations of measurements, see Materials and Methods; other abbreviations: HT, holotype; PT, paratype; F, female; M, male; FG, femoral gland. NA, not applicable; NM, not measured." pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Table 1</tableCitation>
), vomerine teeth are usually recognizable (clearly visible in specimens from the
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locality Ambanja) but weakly expressed in several specimens from Montagne dAmbre. In ZSM 563/2000 from Sambava, vomerine teeth are weakly recognizable, and this specimen apparently has more developed webbing than many other individuals examined.
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<paragraph id="8B891457FFE3FF853DDD4C79F3CDFAC6" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2036]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">
<emphasis id="B942C845FFE3FF853DDD4C79F64CFB98" box="[199,348,1044,1070]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Vocalizations</emphasis>
.Advertisement calls recorded in
<date id="FF883297FFE3FF853FDC4C79F477FB98" box="[710,871,1044,1070]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" value="1991-02">February 1991</date>
at the
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locality Ambanja (recording temperature not taken) consist of a single short pulsed note repeated in call series at regular intervals and very fast succession (
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). Recording quality is poor and the detailed call structure is probably partly masked by background noises. However, each call (= note) seems to contain two pulse groups which are separated from each other, with the first pulse group being of lower amplitude. Pulse structure in not very obvious in the recording and most pulses appear basally fused. Maximum call energy is distributed towards the middle of the calls duration. Numerical parameters of 16 analyzed calls of
<specimenCount id="9D30DFDEFFE3FF853C814C86F510FAB3" box="[411,512,1259,1285]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" type="male">one male</specimenCount>
are as follows: call duration (= note duration) 6277 ms (66.8 ± 5.3 ms); inter-call intervals within regular call series 1531 ms (18.6 ± 5.6 ms); pulses/note 918 (13.8 ± 3.3); duration of regular call series 1275 ms (n = 1); call rate within call series approximately 740 calls/minute; dominant frequency 46944886 Hz (4797 ± 82 Hz); second frequency peak around 2500 Hz; prevalent bandwidth 18006000 Hz.
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Advertisement calls recorded on
<date id="FF883297FFE3FF853F5E4D17F412FA22" box="[580,770,1401,1428]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" value="1992-02-07">7 February 1992</date>
from north of Andoany, Nosy Be (air temperature 25°C), consist of a single short pulsed note repeated in short call series at regular intervals and very fast succession (
<figureCitation id="130D08D2FFE3FF8538514DF0F29EFA0E" box="[1355,1422,1437,1464]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1200,1224]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1177]" captionTargetId="figure-44@9.[151,1435,181,1177]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5.Audiospectrograms and corresponding oscillograms of advertisement calls of Blommersia wittei from three different localities (each showing several calls of a call series)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8182393" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8182393/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). Each call (= note) exhibits two pulse groups which are clearly separated from each other, with the first pulse group being of lower amplitude. Pulses are partly fused, but countable. Maximum call energy is distributed in the middle of the call, namely the beginning of the second pulse group. Numerical parameters of 10 analyzed calls of
<specimenCount id="9D30DFDEFFE3FF85382D4E64F28CF994" box="[1335,1436,1544,1571]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" type="male">one male</specimenCount>
are as follows: call duration (= note duration) 6583 ms (74.8 ± 6.3 ms); inter-call intervals within regular call series 1632 ms (21.5 ± 5.6 ms); pulses/note 1419 (16.3 ± 1.9); duration of regular call series 490 and 500 ms (n = 2); call rate within call series approximately 640 calls/minute; dominant frequency 48235240 Hz (5033 ± 163 Hz); second frequency peak around 2500 Hz; prevalent bandwidth 20008200 Hz.
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<paragraph id="8B891457FFE3FF853DDD4ED6F579F842" blockId="13.[151,1437,151,2036]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">
Advertisement calls recorded on
<date id="FF883297FFE3FF853F5B4ED6F5E0F963" box="[577,752,1723,1750]" pageId="13" pageNumber="191" value="1994-03-15">15 March 1994</date>
on Montagne dAmbre (air temperature 22°C), consist of a single short, distinctly pulsed note repeated in call series at regular intervals and very fast succession (
<figureCitation id="130D08D2FFE3FF8538114EB2F25FF94C" box="[1291,1359,1759,1786]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1200,1224]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1177]" captionTargetId="figure-44@9.[151,1435,181,1177]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5.Audiospectrograms and corresponding oscillograms of advertisement calls of Blommersia wittei from three different localities (each showing several calls of a call series)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8182393" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8182393/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="191">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). Each call (= note) exhibits two pulse groups which are clearly separated from each other, with the first pulse group being of lower amplitude. Pulses are barely fused and rather distinctly separated. Maximum call energy is distributed in the middle of the call, namely the beginning of the second pulse group. Numerical parameters of 19 analyzed calls of one individual are as follows: call duration (= note duration) 5973 ms (65.4 ± 4.2 ms); inter-call intervals within regular call series 2239 ms (29.6 ± 7.1 ms); pulses/note 711 (8.9 ± 1.3); duration of regular call series 1821 ms (n = 1); call rate within call series approximately 600 calls/minute; dominant frequency 44894597 Hz (4542 ± 41 Hz); prevalent bandwidth 18007500 Hz.
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Advertisement calls recorded from specimen ZSM 50/2018 (
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) on
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on Montagne dAmbre (air temperature ca 19°C), consist of a single short, distinctly pulsed note repeated in call series at regular intervals and very fast succession (
<figureCitation id="130D08D2FFE0FF863F3F48B2F57BFF4F" box="[549,619,222,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1200,1224]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1177]" captionTargetId="figure-44@9.[151,1435,181,1177]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5.Audiospectrograms and corresponding oscillograms of advertisement calls of Blommersia wittei from three different localities (each showing several calls of a call series)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8182393" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8182393/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="192">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). Each call (= note) exhibits clearly separated pulses. Intervals between pulses are somewhat irregular, in some calls resulting in two pulse groups separated by a larger interval. Maximum call energy is evident in the middle of the call. Numerical parameters of 16 analyzed calls of
<specimenCount id="9D30DFDEFFE0FF863988494AF3E6FEF7" box="[1170,1270,295,321]" pageId="14" pageNumber="192" type="male">one male</specimenCount>
are as follows: call duration (= note duration) 6888 ms (78.2 ± 5.7 ms); inter-call intervals within regular call series 2850 ms (41.4 ± 4.2 ms); pulses/note 711 (9.0 ± 1.3); duration of regular call series 1590 ms (n = 1); call rate within call series approximately 500 calls/minute; dominant frequency 50665232 Hz (5137 ± 80 Hz); prevalent bandwidth 200010000 Hz
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.
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Advertisement calls recorded on
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20 March
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in Sambava (air temperature 24.7°C), here tentatively allocated to
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<emphasis id="B942C845FFE0FF863DAF4992F603FDAE" box="[181,275,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="192">B. wittei</emphasis>
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, consist of a single, short, pulsed note repeated in call series at regular intervals within series. Calls (= notes) exhibit a pulsed structure, but most pulses are largely fused, resulting in an irregular pulse pattern and varying number of countable pulses (
<figureCitation id="130D08D2FFE0FF863CFE4A2AF53AFDD7" box="[484,554,583,609]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="10.[151,250,705,729]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,681]" captionTargetId="figure-20@10.[151,1435,181,681]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 7. Audiospectrograms and corresponding oscillograms of advertisement calls of Blommersia populations of taxonomically uncertain status (each showing several calls of a call series). The recording from Antsirasira may refer to B. sp. Ca12, but the recorded specimen has not been collected or genotyped. The call from Sambava is from a specimen of B. wittei that belongs to a weakly divergent mitochondrial phylogroup and may also differ in some morphological features, but is here assigned to B. wittei preliminarily." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8182397" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8182397/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="192">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). Maximum call energy is distributed among the first two thirds of the calls duration. Numerical parameters of 22 analyzed calls of
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are as follows: call duration (= note duration) 27 59 ms (39.4 ± 11.8 ms); inter-call intervals within regular call series 5476 ms (67.9 ± 7.7 ms); pulses/note 26 (4.1 ± 1.0); duration of regular call series 2209 ms (n = 1); call rate within call series approximately 600 calls/minute; dominant frequency 53165598 Hz (5440 ± 145 Hz); second frequency peak around 2600 Hz; prevalent bandwidth 21008600 Hz.
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