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New inhabitants: Poison dart frogs and more

As the paludarium starts to work stable, I decided it was time to add some new inhabitants: Poison dart frogs. This is a welcome addition as it adds some more life during the daytime hours.

Which frogs to choose – Phyllobates

It was hard to make a decision. As I already have a red-eyed maki tree frog in the setup, choices we limited as the tree frog will consider a lot of the smaller poison dart frogs as food. So I ended up looking at larger species, and ended up with the black-legged poison dart frog (Phyllobates bicolor). They are in excess of 4cm in size, which should make sure they do not become a midnight snack. Here are some of the first images:

They seem happy in the new setup, always chasing fruit flies or small crickets.

More poison dart frogs – Dendrobates

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