My Mantella Collection.

[MantellaGuy]

Hi Joshua:
It was an awesome opportunity to work with the Madagascar frogs. The zoo hosted many young scientists from the "big island" and they were really excited to share what they know about these animals. The zoo has a large building dedicated to the wildlife and plant life of Madagascar. I remember the first time I cleaned the cage filled with 300 baby Heterixalus madagascariensis. These frogs seem to have a death wish. When I opened the lid, these frogs jumped about like ping-pong balls, some even went down my uniform shirt. However, the thing I most remember about the experience is that their poo sticks like crazy glue. I had to use a chisel and sledge hammer to remove it

The Mantellas, however are my favorite. Beautifully colored and relatively easy to care for. They are without doubt the jewels of Madagascar. Thanks very much for posting your photos!

That's fantastic to hear actually Terry, of late (I think this may be changing though due to a few things this year) it seems that we in the UK seem to be doing a lot of stuff with Madagascar and over in the US lots of stuff is being done with Atelopus species, so its great to hear that Mantella are actually in programmes.

That is what I meant :P I may end up getting some mantellas after seeing your lovely collection

Fantastic, what I like to hear!