Typical Mantellas
Mantellinae
Mantellinae is a subfamily of frogs in the family Mantellidae. These frogs are native to Madagascar and Mayotte. The species vary in size from under 25 mm (e.g. some species of Blommersia) to over 100 mm (e.g. Mantidactylus guttulatus). The subfamily is most famous for the genus Mantella, which contains species that superficially resemble poison dart frogs of the tropical Americas, and have converged on similar aposematic colouration and toxins. As of 2 May 2016, there are 128...
9 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 191 known species
Mantidactylus
genusMantidactylus
Gephyromantis
genusGephyromantis
Mantellas
genusMantella
Guibemantis
genusGuibemantis
Spinomantis
genusSpinomantis
Blommersia
genusBlommersia
Boehmantis
genusBoehmantis
Tsingymantis
genusTsingymantis
Wakea
genusWakea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 482296.