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im new to darts and i was wondering,what is the largest species,how large to they get?and can the lager ones be housed with other frogs,like redeyes?id love to setup a vivarium but would hate to limit it to only one species of frog.i have read that its not the best thing to do but i was curious if anyone has kept redeys with darts and what was the outcome.if not red eyes what about smaller tree frogs,like tiger leg monkeys.i figure they stay arborial and the darts stay on the ground.they shouldnt compete much,right?or salamanders and darts??just curious if anyone has had luck mixing darts with similar sized animals.

My own largest darts are the D. azureus mated pair I keep separately in a 30 gallon vivarium. I would not mix any of my darts with any other genus, because I don't know enough about either to do this, yet. I've had only 6 years experience with darts kept separately per specie, and sometimes separately per sexed pairs, such as the azureus and pumilio that are particularly territorial and do better in a paired off situation. I have no experience with red-eyed tree frogs, although they are attractive enough (albeit nocturnal and less interesting to me,) but I wouldn't mix them with darts, at least until I had full personal experience with each. The mixes you see and hear about that are most successful are from zoos, which have vast resources, of habitat, experienced personnel, and can cover their mistakes on display with a back-up from the back rooms in a crunch. Very experienced hobbyists, with large facilities-- not our usual 20 to 55 gallon tank vivariums as beginners, can sometimes emulate this successfully. My point is: A rank beginner in the hobby can't do this just upon the advice of those who have succeesed after years of experience. There is a certain kind of "fine-tuning" that goes on between mixing after years of experience and dumping the same things together as a novice.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
5 D. imitator
6 D. leucomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus
4 P. terribilis
4 D. reticulatus
4 D. castaneoticus
2 D. azureus
4 P vittatus

although it takes a really good setup and proper matiance mixing can be done. limit your self to one of each type of animal one dart specie mixed with a reptile like some day geckos. you will have to do alot of research becuase you cant mix anything that wouldn't come in contact with each other in the wild.

a good example would be a tropical setup with anoles and green treefrogs. neither could eat the other both are from the same area both eat the same stuff and both have the same environmental conditions.

if you want to do darts find something that can handle the same temps and humidity and comes from the same area. dont get tree frogs with darts as dart can still harm other amphibians as all amph.s absorb things through their skin