Fire Bellied Toads and Caudates

[John]

There are hundreds of threads about this on caudata.org. There are also some articles on Caudata Culture.

[Tom Highum]

So john whats your opinion on it?
Also i cant find any on Caudata

[Azhael]

There are plenty of reasons why mixing is a very bad idea. Toxins is only one of the issues. Patogens, agression, differences in housing requirements, etc....are all good reasons to avoid it.
Specially agression in this case, i think is important. Bombina will jump and try to it anything that moves, and if a newt was to venture on land, it will sure get a bite (or get eaten if small enough), which will then cause stress to the newt, or even small wounds that might get infected.

[scribbles]

I know someone who has been sucessfully keeping Fire-Bellied Toads with an Oriental Fire-Bellied Newt for quite some time now. Both seem to be doing great. (I keep my Fire-Bellied Newt seperate from my toads). I'm not reccommending this, just thought I'd share.

[Tom Highum]

Hmm they seem like they would be native to similar areas. Anyone elses thought on this?

[John]

Just because nothing has gone wrong yet, it doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. There are many descriptions of this or similar mixtures in the species mixing article at Caudata Culture and the tragedies that resulted.

[scribbles]

I hope nothing happens. They haven't been together for a full year. I wouldn't try it.