Research on Golden mantellas

[vogelcommando]

( Strange ) new methodes to study wild Golden Mantellas :
Wildlife Extra News - Silicone implants could play a part in saving one of the world’s smallest and most spectacular frogs

 

[vogelcommando]

More about this new method :
BBC News - Rare frogs glow for conservation

 

[gentle lemur]

The BBC link seems to be having problems. Chester Zoo has a video on YouTube about this technique.

Alan

 

[dean]

An interesting article, i hope it works in situ, sadly unless some one can actually save the environments for the frog I can't see how they can survive.
I used to keep this species and they breed quite easily, although when I started in the early 90's not a lot was known about captive breeding, but now they are bread in good numbers. At least the report doesn't blame the pet trade on this occasion, possibly as importation of most mantella species was banned within the EU. some years ago so there is hope.