M. Ebenaui or M. Betsileo?

[MantellaGuy]

Well, with some photographs upon the Internet, they seem to be chosen for being the "Best" looking individual however this may not be the entire truth and merely my own point of view. I have seen M.viridis with such patterning like I said before and my own pure bred specimens with this same patterning and like I said previous I will try and get photographs for you My M.betsileo (first pair) come from Morondava apparently which where their ancestors came from, yet they still have this marking. I shall reply again with more of my reply! So I am not ignoring the rest of what you said

[Geo]

Scanning through recent postings here as well as Dendroboard it seems that mantellas are slowly gaining their own small loyal community of caretakers. Thumbfrogs in general are becoming a surging interest niche for frog owners. I am hoping that mantella caretakers out there are successful in caring for these small gorgeous creatures so that more captive bred frogs are offered for the community's consideration. Here in Canada we seem to be very limited as to what we can get easy access to when it comes to these frogs in particular although I am certain give time that this may change.