As promised a great big update

Well its been a bonkers month here at the rural jungle. First of all I put together a new viv for the recently acquired Hyloxalus (Cryptophyllobates) azureiventris. These frogs are from Northern San Martin, Peru, near Tarapoto. They are shy in the wild and live in and around rock piles. It's a simple set-up as they are very young frogs. The picture quality is bad as it very hard to photograph these frogs at the moment as they hide as soon as they notice you.

I used polystyrene to build up a bit more of the landscape than usual.

Once this was covered in eco earth I got some basic planting done.

I decided to cover 99% of the floor with moss hoping this would keep such tiny frogs from damaging limbs while exploring.

I had tried to keep this as simple as possible so that I can easily observe the frogs as they grow. Being as small as they are I don't want to lose any in any nooks and crannies. I will improve the planting as they grow and hopefully being that I have 8 there should be at least 1 pair in there and breeding will occur when they are ready.
They are a bit bigger now though and I have removed some of the moss and started adding a few rocks to make it feel more like home.

They eat like pigs but are still refusing to be seen for longer than a few fleeting glances here and there.

In other RJ news another show in Kidderminster proved to be very successful, a lot of surplus stock was moved and I managed to purchase a pair of frogs from the top of my wish list. This is a 1.1 pair of adelphobates galactonotus or 'splash back' poison dart frog:

The Female:                                               The Male:

The Female exploring the vivarium:

These frogs are Endemic to Brazil. In the wild they live in subtropical or moist lowland forests and sometimes freshwater marshes. Hopefully obtaining a pair means we can start some breeding conditioning and see if they feel up to breeding. Here's a shot of their tank:

And a quick video of them both relaxing last night:

We now have 19 of the 24 Tricolor tadpoles out and healthy. They are being reared in two groups of 6 and one group of 7 in the rearing tubs from a previous post. All are seemingly eating well but they are growing slowly in comparison to the bigger frogs.

Here's a shot of the smaller of the two Citronella:

The last piece of news to share is that our middle Female Chameleon "Gaia" was seen to go off her food and started floor walking the viv:

A couple of days later , she started digging and at around midnight last night she had laid her eggs and started to cover them back over. There were 41 in total, they don't look too good and could probably be infertile. I'll incubate them just in case

I hope you enjoyed this update and there will be more to come when I have the chance.