What should I keep in my new terrarium?

So I put together a new tank the other month. Its a 46 bow with a DIY Drylock back ground and a few plants that do good at room temps. It looks perfect for Dart Frogs but I dont feel like doing those again cause I wanna keep the tank at lower temps and its hard to find pin heads around here. I dont like shipping things much.

Any Sals maybe?

I have lots more plants in the planning. Im just ding it all slow so I dont finish it right away and get bored. I have incorporated a few planters into the background I gotta fill in.

How tall is the tank, and what are the humidity readings? It looks like it could be a lot of fun for a few of the tree frog species.

Tree frogs ran through my mind but I have a deep drainage bed taking up lots of verticle space.

Besides, when I do arboreal's I like to do something that resembles more of the tree tops with lots of leaves.

This is gunna be something terrestrial.

The habitat itself looks ideal for Red Spotted Newts, and it looks suitable for just a tad more than two. Only problem with them is that they will only stay terrestrial for a few years (In their Red Eft stage). After the years are up, they'll be aquatic.

Maybe you could poke around the caudata culture species database for a species that is terrestrial for a longer period of time than eastern newts, then. Or take in the slimy salamanders that someone just listed in the FS section as needing a new home. I glanced at their care page, and they seem to be terrestrial throughout adult life. Caudata Culture Species Entry - Plethodon glutinosus complex

jclee said:

Or take in the slimy salamanders that someone just listed in the FS section as needing a new home. I glanced at their care page, and they seem to be terrestrial throughout adult life. Caudata Culture Species Entry - Plethodon glutinosus complex

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I was thinking this too! :happy:

Yes! I have kept them in the past and I had contacted the person last night but Im still waiting a reply.

Anyone think it would be OK for Tigers?

Nope, they will need to dig, and they might make a mess of all the tank.

If you're not dead set on caudates, it looks like a gold dust day gecko would love it in there. I've always wanted one...they're just too cute.

Yeah, arboreal Geckos came across my mind also. I love Flying Geckos but Im dead set on something terrestrial.

Two lined sals, a red sal or a dusky might also work. Though I know dusky salamanders usually choose a home at the base of streams...
It's a great set up; you'll find something!

Perhaps a Tylototriton species; shanjing and kweichowensis comes to mind.

I totally didnt even think of a Kweichow!

Thanks, you might be on to something.

I think I found the new tennants.

At least for now.

I went out again looking for some salamanders and I found a drainage pool that sparked some interest. There was a small amount of tadpoles of different sizes but I just ignored those cause thats not what I was looking for.

I started flipping rocks and I began finding tons of little tree frogs. From what I could tell since some where still in transitioning ther was Green Tree frogs, Spring Peepers, and even some Greys. Unfortunately most of them had some sort of defect or abnormality.

Some had the front legs grown in with just one rear and some had huge front legs with just nubs for rear legs. Some still had lots of tail left and were fanned and some were sort of crested in a way.

There was a soy feild a few yards away so maybe it was a pesticide but the water was very warm.Maybe thats what was causing the problem.

Anyway, I started to grab a few cause they were everywhere and I got some pics of the ones I brought back.


I also added some tall grass from out in the front yard.

I wish I had the camera, sad as it was it would spark some interest to see a almost fully developed from with a crested tail. Got plans to go back later in the week so maybe I'll remember the camera.

OH and if I get around to it I put up this wicked cool video from my cell of a gigantic Hornet beating the snot out of a cicada!