poison dart frogs
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:38 pm
back home i was breeding poison dart frogs for 18 years.
they are just 1,5- max 5cm and come from middle and south america.
really exciting creatures, as they sing as birds and take care of their clutches and tadpoles.
in wild their skin is poisonous, in order to protect themselves from predators. the natives in south america use this skin poison to prepare their arrows for blow pipes...for huntig.
in captivity they do not produce poison, due to the diet. (the poison comes from the insects they feed in wild).
cultures of live food, such as fruit flies, collembola, aphids, freshly born crickets and other small insects, temperatures between 20-28 degrees and a constant moisture of 80-90% are necessary to keep and breed them.
some pics...
ranitomeya vanzolinii
dendrobates tinctorius
ameerega pongoensis
ranitomeya fantastica
ranitomeya lamasi (red)
ranitomeya imitator (intermedius)
dendrobates leucomelas
oophaga sylvatica
oophaga sylvatica (different locality)
breeding ranitomeya reticulatus
planted terrarium
some tanks
100 x 80 x 150 cm
ranitomeya uakari
oophaga pumilia (bastimentos)
dendrobates azureus
ranitomeya amazonica
ranitomeya imitator
there are 100s of species more
they are just 1,5- max 5cm and come from middle and south america.
really exciting creatures, as they sing as birds and take care of their clutches and tadpoles.
in wild their skin is poisonous, in order to protect themselves from predators. the natives in south america use this skin poison to prepare their arrows for blow pipes...for huntig.
in captivity they do not produce poison, due to the diet. (the poison comes from the insects they feed in wild).
cultures of live food, such as fruit flies, collembola, aphids, freshly born crickets and other small insects, temperatures between 20-28 degrees and a constant moisture of 80-90% are necessary to keep and breed them.
some pics...
ranitomeya vanzolinii
dendrobates tinctorius
ameerega pongoensis
ranitomeya fantastica
ranitomeya lamasi (red)
ranitomeya imitator (intermedius)
dendrobates leucomelas
oophaga sylvatica
oophaga sylvatica (different locality)
breeding ranitomeya reticulatus
planted terrarium
some tanks
100 x 80 x 150 cm
ranitomeya uakari
oophaga pumilia (bastimentos)
dendrobates azureus
ranitomeya amazonica
ranitomeya imitator
there are 100s of species more