Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Anura
Subordo: Neobatrachia
Familia: Mantellidae
Subfamilia: Boophinae
Genus: Boophis
Species: Boophis xerophilus
Name
Boophis xerophilus Glaw]] and Vences]], 1997
Type locality: "Kirindy forest (20° 03´ S, 44° 39´ E; below 100 m above sea level), about 60 km north of Morondava, western Madagascar".
Holotype: ZFMK 59987.
Synonyms
* Boophis xerophilus Glaw & Vences, 1997
* Boophis (Sahona) xerophilus — Glaw & Vences, 2006
References
* Glaw and Vences, 1997, Copeia, 1997: 572.
* Glaw and Vences, 2006, Organisms Divers. Evol., 6: 242.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Boophis xerophilus . Accessed on 07 June 2008.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Boophis xerophilus (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 07 June 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Kirindy Bright-eyed Frog
