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I want a toad/frog, but I've never had anything other than dogs and small mammals. So /an/, I ask of you, what's a good beginner amphibian to get some how-not-to-murder-it experience?
>> Anonymous
>>225096
Catch a wild toad in your backyard. I used to keep them all the time as a kid. They aren't picky.
>> Anonymous
I really like pacman frogs, they're easy to keep and adorable. Firebellied toads (like in your pic) are also easy to keep, if you want a group of animals they're a good choice.
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>>225110

I wish I could, but if there were any frogs back there they'd be eaten by chihuahuas and huskies...

>>225111

Yeah, right now after looking into 'em on my own, I'm trying to decide between the pacman frogs and firebelly toads. I hear the pacman (pacmen?) don't like other frogs. If I get two (like I wanna), will I come home from work one night to a leg hanging out of my frog's mouth?
>> tigerfeather !CrwtTbFNxQ
>>225138
Something to that effect, yes. Also, Pacman frogs get effing huge (like dinner plate size). Firebellies don't, and they're pretty amicable little guys.
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I vote for Chinese Fire-Bellied Newt.

I bought one, oh, seven or eight years ago fom a shady petshop. I hadn't thought he'd last more than a couple weeks, a month or two at most. Then I found out that they can easily live to be twenty years old.

You need both land and water, but depending on the individual newt, they may like one more than the other. They really like frozen bloodworms, but they're perfectly happy with "salamander bites" which are soft fishmeal/shrimp pellets. They don't need a lot of attention, just a clean tank and regular day/night cycles. In fact, it's better if you don't handle them much, because the oil on our hands can bother them, and the stuff on their skin irritates ours.

And don't listen when people say they're boring. I mean, they're not a bundle of excitement, but they can certainly have personalities. For an amphibian. Anyway, mine regularly comes up to the glass when I'm sitting by the tank, and it used to "play" with my fish... if you count "play" and waiting for it to swim by and jumping on it.

I love my newt. <3
>> Anonymous
Poison dart frogs are easy to keep. And they're not poisonous in captivity.
>> Anonymous
>>225138
if you want two, then just seperate them. frogs eat anything that move in front of them. if one's bigger than the other one, the smaller one is surely at risk of being eaten/nipped at.
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Thank you /an/