My Mantella Collection.

[Geo]

Very nice. I wish I could get my hands on a couple more different mantella species but for some reason many of the breeders won't ship here (Canada). Your recording of the their daily care is quite specific lol. It is interesting that you mentioned the arboreal behaviour as I have noticed very little of that behaviour in my M. Betsileo colony (as of yet) although I have a setup that would allow for it. Periodically one of them might be on a higher branch but that is not too common. They seem to be, at least the past few months, very much oriented towards burrowing into the moss and creating little indents/caves here and there.

[MantellaGuy]

Very nice. I wish I could get my hands on a couple more different mantella species but for some reason many of the breeders won't ship here (Canada). Your recording of the their daily care is quite specific lol. It is interesting that you mentioned the arboreal behaviour as I have noticed very little of that behaviour in my M. Betsileo colony (as of yet) although I have a setup that would allow for it. Periodically one of them might be on a higher branch but that is not too common. They seem to be, at least the past few months, very much oriented towards burrowing into the moss and creating little indents/caves here and there.

Various species of Mantella are sometimes available around about July time, this is when the Malagasy Imports tend to occur. But generally I have found that people this side of the Atlantic tend to stick to Europe which can be viewed as unfair in all honesty. Well, currently they would be more into burrowing like you describe because of the time of year, if you minimumise the amount you spray them, you may encourage breeding behaviours more. They can be very arboreal, if they are offered such a setup however this may not always be the case and that stick to lower down, however with both bloodlines, they appear more arboreal.

[MantellaGuy]

Hi all

Here are some snaps of my latest acquisitions, a pair of Mantella aurantiaca individuals but with a difference! They are both incredibly pale "Wild Type" colourations











Gorgeous colourations, really pleased with them and they are a great blood line too so perfect for future breeding!!

[Geo]

ok now I am envious! nice specimens.

[MantellaGuy]

ok now I am envious! nice specimens.

Gorgeous eh? Very lucky I spotted them both!

[MantellaGuy]

One last update for the day, for those of you that have access to the Magazine known as Practical Reptile Keeping, I wrote an article on the Mantella genus explaining the Basic Care, Natural History and finally Conservation of them.

[Mentat]

Your pale specimens look great ! Also, congrats on the article publication .

[MantellaGuy]

Hi everyone,

Just thought I'd let you all know, I made a care sheet for my own Forum, but I took the information and posted it on Frogforum also! Here is the link below:

Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) Care Sheet - by Joshua Ralph

I hope you all like the care sheet which includes;

• Scientific and Common Naming,
• Micro-habitat Types,
• Conservation Status,
• Temperature Ranges,
• Photo-period Activity,
• Humidity Parameters,
• Water Parameters,
• Diet,
• Enclosure,
• Breeding & Other Comments,
• Rearing Notes,
• Recommended Reading,

Anyway, please leave some feeback, and hope that this can become a Caresheet on here!

Kind regards,

Joshua

[MantellaGuy]

Hi everyone!

just to let you know, I have had another article Published in Practical Reptile Keeping magazine (again)! This is one the breeding of Mantella species, so do please check it out!

[Fbt123]

Some amazing pictures of your Mantellas Joshua ! What is a good starting mantella? They look really nice and ive heard they prefer cooler temperatures and my room stays between 19-20 degrees celsius, is this ok fir them?