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Ok, I (as many of you do) Raise tadpoles in the spring, which are various species.They are Grays,Peepers,Bullfrog and smaller commen toads. is it ok if i house all of them together? Or would it be best if i put the Grays and Peepers then the Bullfrog and Toads? Or individual species? I was just wondering for next year.

Jessy

Hello. Not to be mean but collecting tadpoles without a scientific collecting permit
is illegal in many states, especially in NJ. Some species may be state endangered and should not be collected, as is the case of southern gray treefrogs in NJ.
My advice is to not collect, you may be good natured, but I doubt you are keeping these tadpoles in sterile conditions and if you are releasing them at the end of the season
than you may be introducing pathogens without knowing it. In these days with chytrid running rampant... you may not want to be a contributor.
By the way, bullfrogs breed in permanent pools and the tree frogs are mostly vernal pool dwellers. The toads are usually not picky and can be found with other types of tadpoles.

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Justin
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D.auratus
D.leucomelas
D.tinctorius (lorenzo, yellowback, citro, pb, oyopock,etc.)
D.azureus
D.ventrimaculatus (yellow/gold)
D.pumilio (blue jeans, solid red)
P.aurotaenia (narrow bands/green)
P.bicolor
E.tricolor (Santa Isabel)
H. leucophyllata
P. hypochondrialis azurea
P. resinfictrix
etc.......