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    i didnt plan on startin with dart frogs right a way i havent done enough research on them i was thinkin about putting a pacman frog in with him first and maybe a redbelled toad to start or a tree frog or two but not total sure

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    Hi there John, Welcome. Please take everyone's advise..It's a recipe for disaster if you mix species.

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    i didnt plan on startin with dart frogs right a way i havent done enough research on them i was thinkin about putting a pacman frog in with him first and maybe a redbelled toad to start or a tree frog or two but not total sure
    That's good to hear. If I was going to build a viv that big I would find a species that I liked and make the best most natural habitat that I could and put a bunch of them in there and enjoy it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roadrunnermalwi View Post
    i didnt plan on startin with dart frogs right a way i havent done enough research on them i was thinkin about putting a pacman frog in with him first and maybe a redbelled toad to start or a tree frog or two but not total sure
    Pac-mans can't be kept with their own kind, never mind other things. They will eat anything they can get in their mouths and choke to death on the things they can't swallow.

    Fire-bellied toads are quite toxic, hence the bright colours. Even though most CB darts don't have skin toxins, the same cannot be said of a lot of other species.

    Anyway, welcome aboard.

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    roadrunnermalwi
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    what about some tree frogs think they would be alright in there im still not sure about any dart frogs like i said need to do more reading on them and get alot more info about them and the types that there are but the clown tree frog has cought my eye and was thinking about one of them or a redeyed tree frog thanks for all info

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    Clowns are on the small side and they would not be a good roommate for the lizards you mention. If I were to mix them with any lizard it would have to be something really small, like a dwarf gecko, Lygodactylus sp., but then again I would not mix them to begin with. Now the problem with mixing is two fold. First, both would be wild caught from two totally different parts of the world. They would be carrying pathogens that the other would have no immunity to. Second, most frogs secret toxins and the clown treefrog, Dendropsophus leucophyllatus is no exception. To keep the two together would most likely cause the lizard to die from the frog's toxins.
    If you were to get red-eyes you would want captive bred stock. The problem with that is that CB red-eyes that would be available for sale will be too small to be safely housed with your lizards. You could get wild caught red-eyes of appropriate size, however they will be carrying pathogens that the lizards will have no immunity to.
    To be truthful, I wouldn't mix the lizards with each other either. The chameleon will need to be housed a mesh cage. To keep it in a tank is to condemn it to death. Chameleons also aren't the easiest animal to care for.

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