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I went to the baltimore aquarium today. They had an exhibit that contained an emerald tree boa(northern), poison arrow frogs, tree frogs, and a tarantula. I didn't really think that would be possible. The boa looked extremely healthy though.

When I was a keeper at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. I kept a group of 6 adult Poison arrow frogs Dendrobates azureus in the Amazon Tree Boa exhibit. I had a trio of adult Amazons in there that were huge. They did great never had any problems. Before I did it at the Zoo I had successfully kept An Amazon Tree boa in a vivarium I had at home with a few different types of Poison arrow frogs. Both the snake and frogs flourished in the set up and the snake never bothered with them at all. The reason behind doing this was poison arrow frogs in the wild are not part of the Tree Boas diet especially with adults. The azureus at the zoo would climb on the snakes and they were fine. They don't have the Amazon Tree Boa exhibit anymore but when I went to visit about 6 months ago they added Dendrobates tinctorius to the Emerald Tree Boa exhibit and they looked great.
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Charles Koutris

I really enjoyed that setup. It was a great display. Thats one aspect you don't see very much in the reptile hobby. Not a lot of people give their reptiles justice by giving them an attractive/naturalistic enclosure.