Back in the virtual world

[Tropicok]

Finally got my computer out of the repair shop and I'm back to keeping up with relatives, friends and fellow critter keepers. My amphibs are all doing well and kept very cozy during our recent snow storms. I am trying to figure out how I want to improve my Bombina orientalis tank so they have organic substrate and more water to float in. It's been hard to restrain myself from buying anything locally since I'm waiting for the March NARBC show near Dallas.

[Kurt]

Be patient, only buy critters you absolutely must have.

Come April I am hoping to get more Anaxyrus debilis insidior or Phrynomantis microps, as I only have one of each of these. Would also love to get some Melanophryniscus stelzneri, Anaxyrus punctatus, Hypsiboas punctatus, and Triturus marmoratus. Would also love to get some Eurycea lucifuga to replace the one I recently and mysteriously lost. If I could afford them, I would get some Agalychnis annae.

So if its not on the above list, then I will not be getting it. That's how you should plan your purchases too.

[John]

Welcome back.

[Tropicok]

Listening to my bombina calling. I'm up at 5:30 a.m. and having been reading new posts as a guest. One of my fire-belly toads has been calling off and on and it's so peaceful sitting here in the dark. A friend is picking me up and we're off to a small herp show in Tulsa today, kinda a last minute road trip.

The post about the 30-min. tank and growing moss was just what I wanted to know about. Thanks, and I think naked salamanders are cute.

Also, we are raising Anderson newts at the Zoo and I love their little red feet. And we have one (1) golden Panamanian froglet. The eggs of this group are had to raise.

[John]

Good luck with the newts. That species seems to breed well for zoos in the US. I got some nice photos of them at SCZ in Wichita.

It seems like a bunch of US zoos have Atelopus zeteki, so someone's got it figured out.