Joshua Ralph
MantellaGuy
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Date of Birth

April 30th, 1990 (30)

About MantellaGuy

Display Name:

Joshua Ralph

Country:

United Kingdom

Biography:

I am a Herpetologist specialising in Batrachology (Amphibians) and also a Conservationist, Researcher, Journalist and Photographer that spends most of his time in Madagascar.

I am incredibly passionate about the species of anura found upon the island of Madagascar with a further focus on the Mantella genus, otherwise known as the "Malagasy Poison Frogs". I keep and breed fourteen members of the genus out of sixteen with approximately 700+ specimens, which I monitor closely for data collection which I publish through various social media and publications.

Interests:

Madagascar, Conservation, Researching, Photography, Writing, Educating, Husbandry Practices.

Occupation:

Conservationist, Herpetologist (Batrachology), Photographer, Journalist & Zoo Keeper

Favorite Quote:

"Madagascar is an unrepeatable experiment, a set of animals and plants evolving in isolation for over 60 million years. We're still trying to unravel its mysteries. How tragic it would be if we lost it before we even understood it." — David Attenborough

Species kept:

Species In My Collection (Not all are listed on here):

Amphibians:

Anura:
2.2.67 Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
2.2.79 Brown Leaf Mantella (Mantella betsileo)
1.1.36 Beautiful Mantella (Mantella pulchra)
4.6.39 Bronze Leaf Mantella (Mantella ebenaui)
1.2.58 Madagascan Mantella (Mantella madagascarensis)
1.2.32 Yellow Mantella (Mantella crocea)
2.4.102 Green Mantella (Mantella viridis)
1.3.12 Climbing Bamboo Mantella (Mantella laevigata)
1.2.28 Guibe's Mantella (Mantella nigricans)
1.2.0 Baron's Mantella (Mantella baroni)
2.2.23 Blue-Legged Mantella (Mantella expectata)
0.0.3 Cowan's Mantella (Mantella cowanii)
0.0.3 Black Eared Mantella (Mantella milotympanum)
0.0.2 Malagasy Rainbow Burrowing Frogs (Scaphiophryne gottlebei)
1.1.0 Malagasy Green Marbled Burrowing Frogs (Scaphiophryne marmorata)