Mantella - What species do you keep within the genus? :)

[MantellaGuy]

Hi everyone

Thought I would post this up, as I am interested to find out how popular Mantella are in captivity!

Currently keep 8 species of Mantella which include the following;

1.1.20 Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
2.2.0 Brown Leaf Mantella (Mantella betsileo)
1.3.0 Guibes Mantella (Mantella nigricans)
1.1.0 Blue-Legged Mantella (Mantella expectata)
1.2.0 Madagascan Mantella (Mantella Madagascarensis)
1.2.0 Yellow Mantella (Mantella crocea)
1.2.5 Green Mantella (Mantella viridis)
1.0.0 Arboreal Mantella (Mantella laevigata) - which I got a short while ago.

I only have one bloodline for most of them except the M.aurantiaca, M.betsileo and M.viridis which all have 2 blood lines. I am looking for more individuals before I breed the others though!

What species within the Mantella genus do you keep?

Looking forward to hearing what you keep!!

Thanks,

MantellaGuy

[Geo]

M. Betsileo as you know lol .... or is it M.Ebanui hahaha. Anyhooo, I presently have 6 individuals that I have 2 confirmed males (calling). One little dude is the most persistent in the calling. The other 4 I assume at present to be female. 4 are around 11 months old and 2 are 1 1/2 years old so I may have mating in a while. All were obtained from the importers Mirdo, one set a little under a year ago and one set from the Understory line that was established 9 years ago and are captive bred. Region of origins for all of them presently unknown (until Mirdo reveals where they obtain them). I am considering getting another mantella species. I have a large vertical terrarium free so looking for more of a arboreal rather than terrestrial.

[Mentat]

Don't keep any yet; but hope that will change by next year. From your list, my favorites are Mantella aurantiaca, Mantella expectata, and Mantella Madagascarensis .

[deranged chipmunk]

i was keeping M. Baroni and M. Betsileo, but since i had housing issues and let a friend of mine care for them, i now only have M.Betsileo.