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 | | Although the status of the family has been controversial, currently there are 3 recognized subfamilies, about 150 species, belonging to this assemblage: Boophinae (Boophis), Laliostominae (Aglyptodactylus, Laliostoma) and Mantellinae (Mantella, Mantidactylus). |
 | | The most famous members are of the genus Mantella which have converged with Neotropical Dendrobatids in body plan, ecology, aposematic coloration, and in lipophilic skin alkaloids. |
 | | Most species are terrestrial although there are also aquatic, arboreal (the genus Boophis resembles Hyline treefrogs), and semi-fossorial. |
| www.amphibiaweb.org /lists/Mantellidae.shtml (163 words) |
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