Boophinae Vences & Glaw 2001

Figure 2.Life colouration of Boophis ankarafensis sp. n.: A Rostral view of a male paratype (MRSN A6975) B Dorsal view of the same male C Female specimen in resting position on a leaf (specimen not collected) D Dorso-lateral view of the holotype with day-time colouration (MRSN A6973).

Figure 3.Breeding activity of Boophis ankarafensis sp. n.: A Paratype MRSN A6976 B–C Vocalising males sitting on leaves and on a branch (specimens not collected) D Male holotype MRSN A6973 and female A6974 E Couple in axillary amplexus.

Figure 4.Detection of Boophis ankarafensis sp. n. Upper panel: Location of acoustic recording sites indicating presence (green) or absence (black) of vocal activity and transect encounters (red). Lower left: The Sahamalaza Peninsula: A–B Ankarafa Forest C Antafiabe Village D–F Anabohazo Forest. Lower right: location of the Sahamalaza Peninsula, in northwestern Madagascar.

Figure 5.Nocturnal variation in calling activity of Boophis ankarafensis sp. n.; activity shown as a proportion of total calling activity and time shown as a proportion of night length from dusk [0%] until dawn [100%].

Figure 6.Representative call of Boophis ankarafensis sp. n. and comparative call of Boophis bottae from Betampona (Rosa et al. 2011, track #08): A Boophis ankarafensis sp. n. sonagrams (top) and oscillograms (bottom) referring to a section of trill note (type 1) constructed of alternating broad- and narrow-band pulses and click notes (type 2) (recorded at 25.2 °C, 13 October 2011) B Boophis bottae oscillograms of types 1 and 2 notes (recorded at 23.0 °C, 17 November 2007). Spectrogram parameters: FFT length 512, Hamming window.

Figure 7.Habitat of Boophis ankarafensis sp. n. in Ankarafa Forest. A 21 November 2011; 14°23.39'S, 47°46.37'E; B 3 January 2012; 14°22.83'S, 47°45.57'E.