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Guibemantis diphonus Vences, Jovanovic, Safarek, Glaw & Köhler, 2015

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Open encyclopedia reference

Guibemantis diphonus is a species of arboreal frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is known only from the type locality of Manombo Special Reserve, Fianarantsoa Province.

Per the scientists who described this species, it is a sister taxon to Guibemantis timidus.

Wikipedia contributors, Guibemantis diphonus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T16:17:38.489228+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Guibemantis diphonus Vences, Jovanovic, Safarek, Glaw & Köhler, 2015
Name authority
Vences, Jovanovic, Safarek, Glaw & Köhler, 2015
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Mantellidae
Genus
Guibemantis
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderAnura
  10. familyMantellidae Laurent, 1946
  11. subfamilyMantellinae Laurent, 1946
  12. genusGuibemantis Dubois, 1992
  13. speciesGuibemantis diphonus Vences, Jovanovic, Safarek, Glaw & Köhler, 2015

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Guibemantis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Guibemantis albolineatus (Blommers-Schlösser & Blanc, 1991)MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guibemantis albomaculatus Lehtinen, Glaw, Vences, Rakotoarison & Scherz, 2018MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guibemantis annulatus Lehtinen, Glaw & Vences, 2011MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guibemantis bicalcaratus (Boettger, 1913)MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guibemantis depressiceps (Boulenger, 1882)MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guibemantis kathrinae (Glaw, Vences & Gossmann, 2000)MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guibemantis liber (Peracca, 1893)MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guibemantis punctatus (Blommers-Schlösser, 1979)MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guibemantis tornieri (Ahl, 1928)MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guibemantis wattersoni Lehtinen, Glaw & Vences, 2011MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guibemantis woosteri Lehtinen, Glaw, Vences, Rakotoarison & Scherz, 2018MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guibemantis pulcherrimus Vences, Hutter, Glaw, Rakotoarison, Raselimanana & Scherz, 2023MantellidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 210 records assigned to Mantellidae.

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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1104398 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

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:6L5H7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.