Blommersia domerguei (Guibé 1974)

The type specimens from the Andringitra mountains have the following set of characteristic features: small size (males 15 mm, females 20 mm); vomerine teeth rudimentary or absent; lateral metatarsalia connected, and only a trace of webbing. Own material: Males from Ankaratra measure 16 mm, males from Andringitra 15.5-17.0 mm. Femoral glands are indistinct. The colouration is typical: Three dark brown stripes on a light copper-brown back.Similar species: See B. wittei.

Andringitra (Ambalamarina, Ambalamarovandana, Andohariana), Ambatovory, Ambohitantely, Torotorofotsy, Manjakatompo, Mantasoa. Terra Typica Ambalamarovandana, Andringitra mountains, 1500 m altitude; mare Antorotorofotsy (near Andasibe); S of Moramanga; Manjakatompo; Ambalamarina; plateau at the base of Pic Boby. Observed at elevations from 900 to 1800 m.

Habits: Calling males were found hidden under vegetation in sun-exposed swamps in January and February. The calls were heard between 15.00 h and 21.30 h.Call (from Andringitra): The structure of the call is very similar to the call of B. grandisonae. Two different unharmonious note types exist. A long note (duration about 330-350 ms) is followed by a series of 4-8 click-note-pairs. Each note-pair (duration 35-40 ms) consists of one longer (ca. 20 ms) click followed by one shorter (ca. 10 ms) click. Intervals between note-pairs are ca. 30 ms, between both notes of one note pair ca. 15 ms. Frequency is between 3.6 and 4.8 kHz. Calls from Manjakatompo and Ankeniheny are very similar. At Manjakatompo sometimes series of long notes (type 1) were emitted with a repetition rate 0.6/s. Such series could be triggered by play-back of conspecific calls, indicating a territorial function of this note type.Eggs and tadpoles: Unknown.