Dieffenbanchia are toxic!?

[ViperJr]

I can't get it to open when I copy it but it does open from her original post link. Here's a copy of it. Look for this post of hers. Maybe she'll hop on later and help us out .

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great "safe" plant list , pics and various plant resources

A favorite site.
This is a great "safe" plant list , pics and various plant resources.
The plant list is interactive so you're able to see a photo of many of the plants.

http://www.amphibiancare.com/frogs/a...terrarium.html

Last edited by flybyferns; 3 Weeks Ago at 11:41 AM.

Heather, you are just copying the same link over and over again... The problem is that the link is the contration, which means it's not the full link within the URL-brackets. It won't fix itself, no matter how many times you copy-paste it.

Note that this list is plants supposedly toxic to reptiles and amphibians, not just frogs. This surely includes species that will munch on the vegetation, so this opens up an entirely new realm of problems.. Pothos is on that list (Devils Ivy) and it's probably the most commonly used plant for amphibians.

I don't use Dieffenbachia as I undertand it to be significantly higher in calcium oxalates than Pothos. Even if this isn't a hazard to amphibians (and like Martin says, people have used it successfully) it is a significant danger to one of my idiotic cats should they get a hold of it, plus I don't actually care for Dieffenbachias anyways.

Exactly what I'm trying to say, thank you Brian!

Once again, I'm not saying the plants are unpoisionus. It is poisinus, and it's therefore dangerous to animals that might consume them (some reptiles, cats etc.). However, my point is that frogs do not eat them (I'm not aware of any plant-eating frog species anyway.)