Dart pics

[tylototriton]

I don't recall ever having seen Centrolene ilex available, and I this point I doubt they will be. Most of those Central American countries have stringent export rules. Your best bet for a "true" glass frog is going to be one of the South American species I think. I do wish they were more readily available, they're awesome frogs.

Alex

[Kurt]

I really don't have any interest in any of the glass frogs other than Centrolene ilex. Of course I didn't even know they existed till last year when I went to the North American Amphibian Conference. I bought a book on glass frogs and fell in love with ilex. They have been on my fantasy want list ever since, along with Taricha rivularis, Agalychnis annae, and Ambystoma opacum. Unfortunately for me, marbled salamanders are illegal in Massachusetts and suspect they are in Connecticut as well. Taricha rivularis may be possible to get, but I have never seen them on any price list.

[tylototriton]

I've actually had A. opacum... Its legal here to have up to 3 in your possession. As for A. annae, I know they're in the hobby. As I understand it Sandfire Dragon Ranch used to sell quite a few but it doesn't look like they carry them any longer. They may pop up occasionally. I'm pretty sure T. rivularis is never seen unless it gets confused with T.granulosa, but John would know more about that. I'm pretty sure Centrolene doesn't come in though. There may be other species of "true" glass frogs (not Hyla) that come in. Which book did you get, the one on Costa Rica?

Alex

[tylototriton]

Now you've got me thinking about my dream list. This is just amphibs because altogether it would be way too long.

Neurergus sp. (kaiseri, strauchii, etc)
Psuedotriton ruber ruber
Dicamptodon sp.

Agalychnis moreletii
Dendrobates (Oophaga) pumilio "Blue Jeans", histrionicus, lehmanni
Cruziohyla sp.
Anotheca spinosa
Atelopus sp.
Theloderma sp.

The list really could go on forever, but thats the short end of it. Most of those species are available too, i'm just not able to get any of them right now (or in the near future for that matter).

[Kurt]

Well, here is the complete want list for me. I don't expect to get them all, but I do plan on getting some of them.

Herpele multiplicata

Ambystoma cingulatum
Ambystoma opacum (illegal in MA)
Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi
Pseudoeurycea bellii
Pseudotriton ruber ruber
Neurergus kaiseri
Salamandra salamandra (had some, they died of Chytridiomycosis)
Taricha rivularis
Taricha torosa (had some, they died on the way home from the White Plains show. It was very hot that day)
Triturus marmoratus

Anaxyrus punctatus
Melanophryniscus stelzneri
Nannophryne variegata
Centrolene ilex
Ameerega trivittata
Dendrobates tinctorius "Oyapock"
Oophaga pumilio "blue jeans"
Agalychnis annae
Cruziohyla craspedopus
Hypsiboas punctatus
Litoria chloris
Phyllomedusa sauvagii
Trachycephalus resinifictrix
Mantella aurantiaca
Mantella baroni
Mantella cowani
Mantella expectata
Mantella laevigata
Phrynomantis microps
Rhacophorus reinwardtii

[jody]

wow, what a room. your tanks are beautiful. is every one heated?

[nx2ured]

The tanks aren't heated, just room temp. I would love to build a new garage and use the one I have now as my "dart room"...he he