I went to a great get-together yesterday – a barbecue for folks who keep and breed poison dart frogs. The food was great, the host’s frog room was amazing, and as always the company was wonderful. Some pictures…
Dendrobates imitator intermedius:
One of my favorite frogs – the black blotches seem to float above the metallic orange undercolor. They tend to be bold; out hopping around without a care in the world.
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The map:
G just got back from kicking around Central America. He pulled a map of Panama out of his wallet and I had to take a picture. I love maps, and this one has everything – it’s been used, marked on and now serves to document an interesting trip.
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My new frogs:
It was a good chance for folks to trade, buy each other’s frogs, give plant cuttings away, etc. I did a trade with a friend – some adult D. pumilio ‘Man Creeks’ for some D. fantasticus froglets. The Man Creeks have produced some froglets for me, but I haven’t been able to bring them past the critical 4 to 6 month old window. My plan with pumilio is to start keeping them in larger enclosures, where I can get a better population of springtails and woodlice established; in the meantime, the Man Creeks ought to be with a breeder who can do right by them. Fantasticus are aptly named – they are in a grow-out tank now, but once they’re in a nicely planted enclosure – yowzah!
More pictures here.
Sure, they’re cute, but how often do you actually need a poison dart? I only use one or two in a whole year.
You just don’t know the right people – know the right people and you need to use them daily.
s 😉
I recognize those frogs 🙂
JP what’s in your huge viv these days?
S
Shhhh – I’m doing a no-no – mixing. The Orange bassleri are on the ground and on the spathiphyllums, the intermedius are everywhere… Pretty confident I don’t need to worry about hybridizing 🙂 and no signs of stress at all.