Mantellidae
205 species in 12 genera
Mantellids are found only on the large island of Madagascar. The most famous members are of the genus Mantella which have converged with members of the neotropical family Dendrobatidae in body plan, ecology, aposematic coloration, and in lipophilic skin alkaloids. Most mantellid species are terrestrial although there are also aquatic, arboreal (the genus Boophis resembles treefrogs of the subfamily Hylinae, within the family Hylidae), and semi-fossorial species. Body sizes range from 30-100 mm SVL. Reproductive life histories vary from eggs deposited on vegetation with tadpoles that develop into streams, to terrestrial clutches whose tadpoles wash into streams, to land and arboreal direct developers. A strange mode of amplexus is found within Mantellinae, where the male places the ventral surface of his thighs on the head of the female and allows the sperm to travel down the back and onto the extruded clutch.
Guibemantis bicalcaratus
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Subfamily Boophinae (75 species)
Genus Boophis (75 species) [subfamily Boophinae]
Subfamily Laliostominae (4 species)Genus Aglyptodactylus (3 species) [subfamily Laliostominae]
Genus Laliostoma (1 species) [subfamily Laliostominae]
Laliostoma labrosum AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video
Subfamily Mantellinae (126 species)Genus Blommersia (10 species) [subfamily Mantellinae]
Blommersia angolafa AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Blommersia blommersae AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Blommersia dejongi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Blommersia domerguei AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Blommersia galani no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Blommersia grandisonae AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Blommersia kely AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Blommersia sarotra AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Blommersia variabilis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Blommersia wittei AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video
Genus Boehmantis (1 species) [subfamily Mantellinae]
Boehmantis microtympanum AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
Genus Gephyromantis (41 species) [subfamily Mantellinae]
Genus Guibemantis (13 species) [subfamily Mantellinae]
Guibemantis albolineatus AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Guibemantis annulatus AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Guibemantis bicalcaratus AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Guibemantis depressiceps AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Guibemantis flavobrunneus AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Guibemantis kathrinae AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Guibemantis liber AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Guibemantis pulcher AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Guibemantis punctatus AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Guibemantis tasifotsy no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Guibemantis timidus AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Guibemantis tornieri AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Guibemantis wattersoni AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
Genus Mantella (16 species) [subfamily Mantellinae]
Genus Mantidactylus (31 species) [subfamily Mantellinae]
Genus Spinomantis (12 species) [subfamily Mantellinae]
Spinomantis aglavei AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Spinomantis bertini AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Spinomantis brunae AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Spinomantis elegans AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Spinomantis fimbriatus AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Spinomantis guibei AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Spinomantis massi AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Spinomantis microtis AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Spinomantis nussbaumi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Spinomantis peraccae AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Spinomantis phantasticus AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Spinomantis tavaratra no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video
Genus Tsingymantis (1 species) [subfamily Mantellinae]
Tsingymantis antitra AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
Genus Wakea (1 species) [subfamily Mantellinae]
Wakea madinika AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
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