Reptile & Amphibian Forums

I have a 90 gallon tank that I'm thinking of keeping amphibians in. I've kept all kinds of animals before - fish, cichlids, snakes, saltwater fish, etc. (I still have the three corn snakes.) I haven't done amphibians before, so I'm right at the beginning of my research. I thought I'd solicit some ideas from you guys, to get a starting point.

I'd like to do a part-water, part-land setup. The tank is 4 feet long, not the normal six foot 90 gallon, so it's quite tall and deep. (2 x 1.5, I think)

So what would be really interesting in a tank that big? A colony of some kind? Newts? Poison dart frogs?

Thanks for any auggestions!

as you said, you could get it set up with a variety of poison dart frogs and fill the up and down space with cool plants or there are lots of other places you could go with a tank that size. You probably wouldn't need anything that large for this but one of my personal favorites is the Vietnamese Mossy Frog. They aren't too hard to take care of, are one of the coolest looking frogs in my mind, and if they are healthy then they should breed and lay eggs from time to time. They would require a mixture of water and land and how you set it up can vary greatly depending on what you want it to look like -- while not a requriement, you could certainly find ways to fill a tank that size for this species. There was a great article in REPTILES magazine about setup, care, and breeding recently. If you want to take a look at it I uploaded a scanned copy to my student web storage a while ago and it can be found here:

http://www.uvm.edu/~kvbriggs/mossy.pdf

i would do newts. they do better in a community type set up and would thrive in a 90 gallon paludarium. darts are not very hardy and IMO should def. not be the first amphibian someone keeps. they are so different from any other amphibian (diet, habitat, breeding...) there are so many newts, mostly all are hardy you might want to try fire bellies, alpines, cresteds, marbleds, and california newts are also good. you could put fish in too.