Mantella baroni

Andreone, F., Glaw, F., Nussbaum, R. A., Raxworthy, C. J., Vences, M. & Randrianirina, J. E., 2003, The amphibians and reptiles of Nosy Be (NW Madagascar) and nearby islands: a case study of diversity and conservation of an insular fauna, Journal of Natural History 37 (17), pp. 2119-2149 : 2147

(3) Mantella baroni . The occurrence of this species is based on Busse (1981), who gave the generic locality ‘ Nosy Cumba–Nosy Be ’ (under the name M. madagascariensis ), subsequently reported by Blommers-Schlösser and Blanc (1991). This record was almost certainly based on the types of Phrynomantis maculatus , today considered as a junior synonym of M. baroni (Vences et al., 1999) . The type locality ‘ La Réunion ’ of this taxon was due to the supplier—which was ‘ Com. scientifique de Bourbon ’ (Bourbon being a former name for La Réunion). This locality was changed into ‘ Nossi-Be et Nossi-Cumba ’ in a later Paris catalogue, and to ‘ Madagascar ’ in another catalogue. As stressed by Vences et al. (1999) the species was never found at either Nosy Be or Nosy Komba, and these localities must currently be considered as erroneous.