Spinomantis is a frog genus in the mantellid subfamily Mantellinae. This genus is restricted to Madagascar. At present it contains 13 species. They are arboreal or terrestrial frogs and occur in or along small streams. Most species are nocturnal.
Taxonomy The genus Spinomantis was erected as a subgenus of Mantidactylus by Dubois in 1992. It was elevated to genus-level in 2006.
Description Spinomantis are small to medium-sized frogs, with adults measuring in snout–vent length. The toes have rudimentary to moderate webbing. The finger tips are distinctly enlarged. Males have subgular vocal sacs.
Species There are 16 species:
image Scientific name Distribution Spinomantis aglavei (Methuen and Hewitt, 1913) Madagascar Spinomantis beckei Vences, Köhler, and Glaw, 2017 south-eastern Madagascar Spinomantis bertini (Guibé, 1947) Madagascar Spinomantis brunae (Andreone, Glaw, Vences, and Vallan, 1998) Madagascar Spinomantis chlorostictus Vences, Scherz, Köhler, Ruthmann Jimenez, Andreone, Crottini, Hutter, Petzold, Raselimanana, and Glaw, 2026 Madagascar Spinomantis elegans (Guibé, 1974) Madagascar Spinomantis fimbriatus (Glaw and Vences, 1994) Madagascar Spinomantis guibei (Blommers-Schlösser, 1991) Madagascar Spinomantis lakolosy Hutter, Andriampenomanana, Lambert & Vences, 2025 Madagascar Spinomantis lavabato Hutter, Andriampenomanana, Lambert & Vences, 2025 Madagascar Spinomantis massi (Glaw and Vences, 1994) Madagascar Spinomantis microtis (Guibé, 1974) Madagascar Spinomantis mirus Sabino-Pinto, Rakotoarison, Bletz, Edmonds, Glaw, and Vences, 2019 Madagascar Spinomantis nussbaumi Cramer, Rabibisoa, and Raxworthy, 2008 Madagascar (Mahajanga) Spinomantis peraccae (Boulenger, 1896) Madagascar Spinomantis phantasticus (Glaw and Vences, 1997) northeastern Madagascar Spinomantis tavaratra Cramer, Rabibisoa, and Raxworthy, 2008 northwestern Madagascar
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