TylototritonGuy
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Hi everyone,
Thought I would post up a few of my Madagascan Mantella collection
Out of all the species I have kept over the years, Mantella have always been my favourite!! (If my user name didn't give that away lol)
Firstly, here are some snaps of my Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) which if you don't know anything about Mantella, are the most widely kept species from the genus.
Shall upload more of another species in the next post, as I don't think you can fit too many photos onto one post? lol
Thank you for reading and looking at my photos!!
TG
© 2013 - These are my own photographs so please don't use them without my permission.
Thought I would post up a few of my Madagascan Mantella collection


Firstly, here are some snaps of my Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) which if you don't know anything about Mantella, are the most widely kept species from the genus.
Golden Mantella
Nomenclature: Mantella aurantiaca
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered
Country of Origin: Eastern-central Madagascar.
Information: This species is 1 of 16 species in the Mantella genus all of which use Aposematism as a defence mechanism. Aposematism basically derives from the Greek words that mean "Warning Colours" a defence which has made another family of frogs famous, the Dendrobatidae family (Poison Dart Frogs). Like the rest of the Mantella genus, it is completely terrestrial and is not a fantastic swimmer, but will be found in and around swamp-like and Marshland areas where it will also remain to breed.
It is one of the most endangered (listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List) out of the entire genus and can only be found in a few select places in Eastern-central Madagascar, two places are in the Torotorofotsy Marshlands and the Andromena Forest regions. However, even though it is one of the rarest and most at risk of extinction, it is also one of the most over bred species in captivity being both popular in Zoological collections and the Private Pet Trade.
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Shall upload more of another species in the next post, as I don't think you can fit too many photos onto one post? lol
Thank you for reading and looking at my photos!!
TG
© 2013 - These are my own photographs so please don't use them without my permission.