. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Boophis quasiboehmei sp. n., a new cryptic treefrog species from south-eastern Madagascar 253. 750 1000 .2 3 CD 25 50 Time (ms) 75 100 Fig. 9. Spectrogram, corresponding waveform, and expanded waveform (bottom) of the initial note of a regular note series emitted by Boophis boehmei. Recording obtained on 12 Janu- ary 1992 at Andasibe (air temperature 23°C). (n = 2); number of notes per series, 3^1 (n = 2); note du- ration, 27-106 ms ( ± ; n = 11); pulses/note, 10-24 ( ±; n = 9); inter-note intervals, 93-157 ms ( ± ; n =5); dominant f
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Boophis quasiboehmei sp. n., a new cryptic treefrog species from south-eastern Madagascar 253. 750 1000 .2 3 CD 25 50 Time (ms) 75 100 Fig. 9. Spectrogram, corresponding waveform, and expanded waveform (bottom) of the initial note of a regular note series emitted by Boophis boehmei. Recording obtained on 12 Janu- ary 1992 at Andasibe (air temperature 23°C). (n = 2); number of notes per series, 3^1 (n = 2); note du- ration, 27-106 ms ( ± ; n = 11); pulses/note, 10-24 ( ±; n = 9); inter-note intervals, 93-157 ms ( ± ; n =5); dominant frequency, 2640-3177 Hz (2835 ± ; n = 8). A second recording from the type locality of B. boehmei recorded on 7 December 2001 at °C (Vences et al. 2006, CD 1, track 64) differs from the one described above by longer inter-note intervals. Numerical parameters are as follows: note duration, 34-98 ms ( ± ; n = 18); pulses/note, 13-23 ( ± ; n = 11); inter-note inter- vals, 591-1070 ms ( ± ; n =7); dominant fre- quency, 2360-2980 Hz (2760 ± 198; n = 12). In this recording, a single regular series composed of 6 notes is present, exhibiting note durations of 34-44 ms and inter- note intervals within the series of 61-85 ms. A call recording of B. boehmei from Ankeniheny record- ed on 20 March 1994 at 22°C air temperature showed note duration of 16-61 ms, inter-note intervals of 162-164 ms and a dominant frequency of 2500-2800 Hz. In conclusion, there are no temporal or spectral call char- acters that distinguish B. boehmei from B. quasiboehmei sp. n. (see above). Etymology. The specific epithet is a combination of the Latin word 'quasi', meaning 'almost', and a patronym for Wolfgang Bohme (ZFMK). It refers to the impressively cryptic morphological and bioacoustic similarity of the new species to Boophis boehmei. DISCUSSION The initial detection of a probable species status of Boophis quasiboehmei sp. n. was based on its large diver- gence in
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