Mantella baroni Boulenger, 1888
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Variegated golden frog (Mantella baroni), Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
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Open encyclopedia reference
Mantella baroni (often known by its common names, such as Baron's mantella, the variegated golden frog, or the Madagascar poison frog) 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.
Wikipedia contributors, Mantella baroni; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:06:15.199610+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Mantella baroni Boulenger, 1888
- Name authority
- Boulenger, 1888
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Mantellidae
- Genus
- Mantella
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyMantellidae Laurent, 1946
- subfamilyMantellinae Laurent, 1946
- genusMantella Boulenger, 1882
- speciesMantella baroni Boulenger, 1888
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Mantella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Mantella bernhardi Vences, Glaw, Peyrieras, Böhme & Busse, 1994 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantella betsileo (Grandidier, 1872) | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantella expectata Busse & Böhme, 1992 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantella madagascariensis (Grandidier, 1872) | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantella manery Vences, Glaw & Böhme, 1999 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantella nigricans Guibé, 1978 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantella pulchra Parker, 1925 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantella viridis Pintak & Böhme, 1988 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantella cowanii Boulenger, 1882 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantella aurantiaca Mocquard, 1900 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantella crocea Pintak & Böhme, 1990 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantella ebenaui (Boettger, 1880) | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Phrynomantis maculatus Thominot, 1889 Thominot, 1889 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=664031 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3XW7B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.