I am a new member , but old to keeping pets. I care for spade foot toads, 1 firebelly toad,2 giant pacific salamanders, 3 northern long toed salamanders, 5 African clawed frogs, 10 box turtles, 5 red ear sliders , and I also keep tropical fish and native fish in 8 fifty gallon aquariums. I breed koi in some of my 6 outside ponds and I am adding hundreds if not thousands of spade foot toads incidental to the koi hatching operation to my rural location. The giant pacific salamanders and northern longtoed salamanders live in the basement fishroom which is cooler. I also raise tumbling highflying pigeons. I enjoy the variety of life on our planet and I believe that it is really ok to care for non endangered interesting species. My hobby is my own personal zoo. I enjoy reading about other amphibian keepers and I guess that is why I joined this club.