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Brown Mantella (Mantella betsileo) in Kirindi pond
You may need to open this photo fullscreen to appreciate the beauty of this Mantella. It was pulled from a small pond in the middle of the Kirindi forest at night. 99% of the frogs in Madagascar are endemic, appearing nowhere else on the planet.
The Brown Mantella is a species of frog in the Mantellidae family.
It is endemic to Madagascar.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Similar species: Frogs
By Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Mar 29, 2013. Captured Sep 18, 2012 19:18.
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