{"id":1246,"date":"2024-03-04T12:16:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paluweb.nl\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2024-03-04T12:23:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:23:06","slug":"new-inhabitants-poison-dart-frogs-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paluweb.nl\/?p=1246","title":{"rendered":"New inhabitants: Poison dart frogs and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Which frogs to choose – Phyllobates<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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<\/em>). 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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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black-legged poison dart frog (Phyllobates bicolor<\/em>) are new to the setup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They seem happy in the new setup, always chasing fruit flies or small crickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More poison dart frogs – Dendrobates<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

As this setup is rather large, I decided I could do with a mix of species. As it is commonly not accepted to mix different species from the same family, I decided to add a Dendrobates species: The Yellow-banded poison dart frog (Dendrobates leucomelas<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boy are these different in behavior from the Phyllobates<\/em>! These guys are reckless, and will climb up, fall down, jump just anywhere without considering the consequences (or so it seems). Very lively! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So nice to sit in the stream of the waterfall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another twilight guest: Gecko!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the shop they had left one single Common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus<\/em>). It had lost its tail some time ago, and it is just growing back. It makes a nice addition, as the red-eyed maki frog is purely nocturnal, this little guy is active during twilight:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus<\/em>) is happily sitting next to the red-eyed maki frog. Both sound asleep as the sun starts to rise in the paludarium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inhabitants that were already there<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To make the story complete, some cool images of the red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas<\/em>) that I brought over from the old setup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And finally, some fish that also came over from the old setup. These are Cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi<\/em>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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