Green Mantella

Green Mantella
Green Mantella
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Mantellidae
Genus: Mantella
Species: M. viridis
Binomial name
Mantella viridis
Pintak & Böhme, 1988

The Green Mantella (Mantella viridis) is a species of frog in the Mantellidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The green mantella is a small frog. Males are 22-25 mm, females 25-30 mm. The species is common in the pet trade as a vivarium species.

Source