Index of Common Names Used for Mantella Species

Several common names are often used for the same species of Mantella. Below are those that I’ve recorded being used by dealers and hobbyists in the recent past.

Mantella aurantiaca
     Golden Mantella
     Orange Mantella
     Ruby Mantella (often used for M. aurantiaca that are red in color)

Mantella baroni
     Baron's Painted Mantella
     Painted Mantella
     Pastel Mantella

Mantella bernhardi
     Bernhard's Mantella

Mantella betsileo

Mantella cowani
     Cowan's Mantella
     Harlequin Mantella

Mantella crocea
     Brown Mantella
     Yellow Mantella

Mantella ebenaui
     Bronze Mantella
     Bronze-back Mantella
     Brown Mantella
     Red-back Mantella

Mantella expectata
     Blue-legged Mantella

Mantella haraldmeieri
     Copper Leg Mantella
     Haraldmeier's Mantella
     Pretty Mantella

Mantella laevigata
     Climbing Mantella
     Green and Black Mantella

Mantella madagascariensis
     Malagasy Painted Mantella
     Painted Mantella

Mantella manery
     Marojejy Mantella

Mantella milotympanum
     Black-eared Mantella
     Orange Mantella
     Red Mantella

Mantella nigricans
     Black Spotted Mantella
     Guibe's Mantella

Mantella pulchra
     Beautiful Mantella
     Parker's Mantella
     Splendid Mantella

Mantella viridis
     Green Mantella