Dart Frogs at Breakfast - Page 2

joanna · 20-03-2010, 08:55 PM

Lovely colours, I was looking into dart frogs before I got a couple of whites I didn't feel confident starting off with them but definately one day, they are stunning!

Geomyda · 20-03-2010, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by joanna

Lovely colours, I was looking into dart frogs before I got a couple of whites I didn't feel confident starting off with them but definately one day, they are stunning!

Whilst I would say that they are not suitable for beginners, these frogs do make fantastic captive animals, especially when one starts off with excellent captive bred stock. The fact, that they are "day active" makes them especially interesting. Most Frog and Toad species are nocturnal, which means that during the day when we tend to be looking at them they are for the most part inanimate, and inactive. Dart Frogs on the other hand, are busy in daylight feeding and generally interacting with other frogs.

TortBabe · 21-03-2010, 12:04 AM

Gorgeous pics

Alex · 21-03-2010, 09:53 AM

brilliant looking little frogs

Lolly8 · 22-03-2010, 12:56 AM

They are stunning!Beautiful pictures!

FinnGB · 25-03-2010, 09:24 AM

Hey,

I've never seen these before, they are real cuties haha

AlborosieUK · 25-03-2010, 04:45 PM

How did they get there name "Dart Frog" or it no reason?
Also how far can/do they leap?

Jah Bless

Geomyda · 25-03-2010, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by AlborosieUK

How did they get there name "Dart Frog" or it no reason?
Also how far can/do they leap?

Jah Bless

The term Dart frog comes from the use the native indians have for these creatures, or at least the toxins extracted from their skin secretions. These are used as a chemical agent on their blow pipe darts. The toxins which contain some very powerful neurotoxic compouds render the Indians food prey paralysied when they are injected by the poison darts blown from their blow pipe weapons.

2steps · 25-03-2010, 06:02 PM

Lovely frogs

I have a white's tree frog

Geomyda · 25-03-2010, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 2steps

Lovely frogs

I have a white's tree frog

Whites tree frogs are a superb species. I too have these living free in my tropical turtle room. They spend the day tucked up in the Orchid baskets and emerge at night to take over the night shift, catching crickets and other insects. The large male has also been known to catch young gecko's which are also living, and breeding in the room.

21-03-2010, 12:04 AM	#13
TortBabe Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 6,919	Gorgeous pics __________________ Busy Mum to ~ 2 Kids, 2 Yorkies, 1 Horsfield, 6 Hermanns, 2 Iberas, 6 Tunisians, 2 Indian Stars and 2 Pancakes

21-03-2010, 09:53 AM	#14
Alex Member Juvenile Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 915	brilliant looking little frogs __________________ Alex

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Lolly8 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Stoke on Trent Posts: 5,276	They are stunning!Beautiful pictures! __________________

25-03-2010, 04:45 PM	#17
AlborosieUK Member Incubating Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Lowestoft, UK Posts: 122	How did they get there name "Dart Frog" or it no reason? Also how far can/do they leap? Jah Bless __________________ "Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I am in some way eternal, I will never be duplicated. The singularity of every man and woman is Jah's gift. What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time, the Truth." - Bob Marley

20-03-2010, 08:55 PM	#11
joanna Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3,602	Lovely colours, I was looking into dart frogs before I got a couple of whites I didn't feel confident starting off with them but definately one day, they are stunning!

25-03-2010, 09:24 AM	#16
FinnGB Member Hatchling Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: England Posts: 649	Hey, I've never seen these before, they are real cuties haha

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2steps Member Egg Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 74	Lovely frogs I have a white's tree frog

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