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Silvak's Dart Frog Vivarium - Ranitomeya imitator "Chazuta"

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#1 Offline Silvak - Posted February 18 2015 - 7:34 PM

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This is my dart frog vivarium. I've had the frogs for about a year and the vivarium setup for 4 months longer. The species is called Ranitomeya imitator and have evolved to look like their poisonous cousins. "Chazuta" is the area in which they specific strain were collected. My pair were breed locally and infact they have a froglet of their own and a couple of tadpoles in the water too.
 



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The male.

 



They eat a staple diet of flightless fruit flies which I culture, along with mineral/vitamin suppliments and springtails. What's neat is that this species will lay eggs on leaves and then transport the hatched tapoles to bromeliads. The female is then enticed to lay unfertilized eggs to feed the tadpoles.


Edited by Silvak, February 18 2015 - 7:44 PM.

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#2 Offline Miles - Posted February 18 2015 - 8:05 PM

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Very cool! This is something I have been wanting to do for a while now. What are the orange tubes for?


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#3 Offline Silvak - Posted February 18 2015 - 8:13 PM

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They are pill bottles which are used as alternate tadpole sites.


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#4 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted February 18 2015 - 8:37 PM

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That is awesome!



#5 Offline dspdrew - Posted February 19 2015 - 12:45 AM

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Very nice vivarium.







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