Photo by Franco Andreone (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Mantella frogs hang out on the ground throughout the forests of this amazing island.\u00a0 They are diurnal which means they do their hunting during the day.\u00a0 This makes a lot of sense since their prey such as ants and termites are also active during the daylight hours.\u00a0 Unfortunately, small insects don’t need to be too afraid since 11 of the 16 species of Mantella are considered to be threatened or vulnerable.<\/p>\n
Like other frogs, the Mantella has very porous skin and as a result responds quickly to changes in the environment.\u00a0 This is why frogs are excellent indicators species that predict how our healthy our environment is.\u00a0 Obviously, the fact that frog populations are decreasing worldwide does not paint a very pretty picture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mantella Fast Fact –<\/strong> When early explorers first stumbled across the Mantella frogs, they believed they were actually Poison Dart Frogs from South America.\u00a0 We now know that this isn’t the case but the Mantella\u00a0 is a distant relative of their South American cousins.<\/p>\nThat does it for Wild Frog Facts.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed the week as much as I did.\u00a0 Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So we made it to Friday’s edition of our Wild Frog Facts.\u00a0 We are going to end the week with another colourful frog species called the Mantella.\u00a0 Again these frogs can only be found in Madagascar.\u00a0 Is it just me or does Madagascar seem to have an abundance of impressive frog species?\u00a0 There are approximately 16 different Mantella frog species so you can imagine that they come in various colours. For the most part, Mantella frogs are about 5 cm (2″) long and come in a variety of iridescent colours including blue, orange, yellow, black, and of course green.\u00a0 I <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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