r/DartFrog

Yesterday I went on my daughter’s school field trip to the The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and finally got to see a Panamanian golden frog in person.

Honestly, pictures don’t prepare you for how unreal they look. They almost seem fake or plastic, like someone painted a tiny frog by hand. They stay so still that it barely looks natural.

What really hit me though is the fact that this species is considered extinct in the wild due mainly to chytrid fungus and habitat loss. Seeing them behind conservation glass is beautiful, but also kind of sobering. These animals went from thriving in Panama’s streams to surviving almost entirely through captive breeding programs.

As a dart frog and day gecko keeper, moments like this are a reminder that the hobby can also play a role in appreciation, education, and conservation awareness — not just aesthetics.

Absolutely stunning animals. Probably one of the most surreal frogs I’ve ever seen in person.

Never seen plushies of darts before

I tried many times to record the exact moment when the tongue caught a fly, but the fly kept getting out of focus. Anyway, I captured this 12-frame sequence and used a half-second for each frame to create this video. As you can see, sadly, no prey is visible in this one. I don't know if he failed the shot or if it’s those times when they are eating things that you can't see.

Meet our new inhabitants. 3 Painted Mantellas.

24 hrs later they still having a grand time.

They were caught wild so their toxin is still slowly/gradually reducing.

My 75-gallon converted aquarium is doing great, but I'm worried about ventilation. How do you know if there is enough?

Picture for reference, no frogs currently.

Looking for input on this enclosure. I felt good about it but some of the posts I’ve seen here make me think it might be lacking? It’s 18x18x24.

Should i remove some rocks or plants? I made sure to check the lava rock for sharp bits

Hey everybody of this subreddit! I’m getting my first trio of darts on Tuesday, and I’d like any and all tips of keeping! I have all live plants, ordering a humidifier, starting my own flightless fruit fly culture, and a bunch of love!

Images: enclosure and frog

The terrarium is 120cm 60cm 60cm

Small, kinda sedentary, beautiful, eats small prey, won’t destroy plants or at least big plants and active during the day?

I'm currently in the process of setting up my first vivarium for some most likely rainitomya darts, I plan on doing the aquarium safe spray foam and coco fiber background, but before I begin, I wanted to ensure my vision for the tank is suitable or if there are any suggestions. The first image is roughly my idea for set up, THE SECOND IMAGE IS AI GENERATED, NOT THE REAL TANK, it's just for an idea of a finished look, not the real thing. I have my drainage layer, and a way to syphon the excess water out that is frog proof, and it's not there yet but I will have good lighting, a misting machine and good air flow, ABG mix and will have leaf litter etc. just not that far in the process yet. Does this provide enough ground and climbing space roughly? I do plan on building some ledges with the spray foam, it was just hard for AI to comprehend that for the image it spit out.

So I recently redid one of my vivs and ended up tossing my terribilis in with my tincs while the build matures a little. This was supposed to be temporary but iv noticed that they seem to be doing very well together. I have a pair of tincs (powder blue) and 2 unsexed terribs that are likely female. No signs of aggression whatsoever from any of them. All eating and staying healthy. I was just curious on thoughts about long term cohabing. I know there’s concerns for cross breeding but these guys arnt capable of cross breeding with each other. The female powder blue is not showing any aggression whatsoever towards the terribs. This is a 36x18x24 exo terra. They’ve been together for roughly 3 months now. I completely understand that cohabing separate tinc locals is a big no no, but I rarely hear anyone talking about separate species that cant cross. Like I said, this is temporary but im fiddling with the idea of keeping them together. Thoughts?

ISO:
Male 1.0 ranitomeya imitator “chazuta” (possibly looking for 2)
Male 1.0 ranitomeya sirensis “orange”
1.1 pair imitator varadero

Picture of the 1.1 highland pair for tax

From my brief research I’ve gotten conflicting ish opinions on sugar ants. I’ve been dealing with them for years and have seen a recent uptick with spring starting. I saw on dendroboard that some people feed sugar ants? I’ve just today started to see some in my auratus enclosure. They’re the only frogs I have and it has me worried. I haven’t seen a crazy amount but looking in on there enclosure briefly I do see a large amount climbing through leaf litter. They seem to be going off dead fruit flies possibly from over feeding (however not entirely sure they aren’t preying on live ones from today/ previous feedings). Is this a large problem? Assuming they don’t become at home and start a nest in the enclosure? Just looking for recommendations/ experiences before I tear the enclosure apart locating and removing the frogs.