Current Availability and Projects

Spring ‘08

In this space I try to offer a fairly updated discussion of the captive bred offsping that are available at this time, as well as any new information about dry goods, shipping, and projects which are coming to fruition! This text area is a general overview, followed by the more frequently updated table below that shows each species or form that we have in “production” right now, as well as their prices.

Please note that we have several other areas on the website for you to find information about the frogs, such as the species list, where you can find some pictures of the frogs, as well as general information about each frog, the “ Placing an Order” page, which covers terms and conditions, as well as information about how we ship our frogs and lizards. Of course we also have a large selection of caresheets which cover many topics related to dart frogs. Please try to find the answers to your questions in these locations before contacting me!

The dart frogs we offer are generally juveniles, as opposed to the froglets some vendors may be offering. This means the (for example) D. azureus that you order from us will be a three or four month old frog, about one inch long. Many beginners have trouble getting baby frogs to thrive for them, and larger well established frogs are much easier to deal with. For the most part, the frogs sold here are at or over one inch in size when sold. This one inch standard of course applies to frogs other than D. pumilio and thumbnail frogs, but the same theory applies to these frogs as well, they will be well started before we send them out to you. The larger and more well established your frogs are when you get them, the greater your chance of success with them is, and this is well worth checking when you are considering where to get your frogs, and well worth considering when comparing prices.

Shipping

Ah, spring, it is so nice not to have to worry so much about the cold weather when shipping frogs. Spring and early summer are usually pretty good times of the year to ship, so we should be able to get your order out with little delay. Shipping costs have gone up again though, and after about seven years of holding the line at $35 for basic over night shipping, we are going to have to bump the price up to $40. Hate to do it, but the price of shipping has gone up anywhere from five to seven percent every year for the past few years. At $40 we are still lower than almost all other vendors.

Terrariums

We are busy at work on a new line of zoo quality dart frog terrariums, we have some photos of these posted on the “Terrariums” page. These terrariums are perhaps the only line of ready made, but customizable high end dart frog tanks available in the US. These tanks are ideal for offices, zoos and other public places, as well as for home use. Please contact us if you are interested in discussing a tank, we'll be happy to custom design a terrarium to fit your needs!

We recently introduced a terrarium kit for medium size terrariums. The kit features a cast background with the look of real rock. The background has a water fall, and comes with everything you need to set up a tank. The kit is made with the Exo Terra and Zoo Med tanks in mind, but can go in any tank large enough to hold it. We are now offering this kit with a second background, a smaller version of the Mayan ruin background pictured on the terrarium page. Again this background is 17 inches square. I will get pictures of it up soon, but it's ready to go now if you are interested…

Dart Frogs

2008 is the year of the frog, and it seems every one is looking for dart frogs. As a result, our stock is pretty low at the moment, so bear with us while we rebuild our inventory. Fortunately there are lots of tadpoles in the water, and this summer and next fall should be pretty good in terms of availability of common dart frogs.

D. auratus

Right now we are out of all auratus forms. We have tadpoles in the water and froglets coming up of all varieties, so feel free to contact us regarding what is going to be ready to ship soon. There are lots of little Costa Rican auratus, as well as Green and Bronzes. Not so many blue auratus and blue and bronzes though. Anyway, just check in regarding availability on these frogs.

D. galactonotus

At this time we have lots of red galactonotus tadpoles and the froglets are coming out at a good rate as well. We are filling orders on the wait list for this frog, and are up to requests received early last fall. Unfortunately at this point there is not a lot of other action with the galactonotus, but hopefully they will start soon.

Phyllobates

We are beginning to get some P. vittatus out of the water, they should be ready in July or so. We also have some orange bicolor on hand, we picked these up from a friend and they are very nice. Hoping to get things going with mint terribilis, as well as the aurotaenia, but nothing yet.

D. leucomelas

We have a small supply of D. leucomelas that are too small to ship, but ready soon, these are one of the best all around terrarium frogs, colorful, bold, loud call….what more could you want?! Our adults are breeding, and we often pick up juveniles from other sources, so you might check in on this one, they come and go pretty fast.

Tinctorius and Azureus

Right now we have quite a few D. tinctorius forms available. We have plenty of very nice Patricia, Powder blues, Tafelberg or Alanis, and some very nice green Sipaliwinis. Also some Inferalanis are available. A group of Citronella recently arrived from a customer, they are too small to ship now, but will be ready in about a month, mid June lets say.

About now we will begin to have some sexed pairs of tinctorius such as the Patricias, let me know if you are interested in any of these…..

And I can't believe it, but we seem to have run out of shipping size juvenile azureus. I can't remember the last time this happened! But not to fear, there are lots of little guys too small to ship, so it wont last long!

Thumbnail frogs

We have a nice stream of imitators coming out of the water, but they are being sold as fast as they get up to shipping size, so if you want some, you should let me know as far in advance as possible. Also breeding are the imitator intermedius, I hope to begin shipping some of these out this summer, but people are already waiting for these, let me know if you are interested, it would be good to get on the list for them as soon as possible.

Pumilio

We currently have several of the Bastimentos form pumilio ready to go, including white, yellow and red/oranges.

Other Frogs

We are working with a few non dart frog frogs, here is a summary of the offerings in that department.

First, the Vietnamese mossy frogs, Theloderma corticale…..we have almost cleared out the wait list, and have a good supply of tadpoles and frogs coming out of the water. Just drop me a note if you are looking for these, I should be able to fill your order pretty quickly.

Wanted

This is a new feature, please look this over if you have surplus frogs available. We are looking for the following types of frogs. We will pay cash, or trade for other frogs or terrarium supplies.

In addition to the frogs listed below, we are interested in purchasing or trading for any frogs we do not have on our “Currently Available” listing.

Juvenile D. auratus Blue
D. leucomelas
Phyllobates terribilis Mint females or pairs
Terribilis juveniles
E. tricolor Santa Isabella pairs or proven groups
E. tricolor Highland form pairs or proven groups

Dart Frog Availability at a glance, May 22nd, 2008

The purpose of this table is to allow you to see what frogs are available now, and what might be available in the near future. Note that the froglets too small to ship and the tadpoles are listed for informational purposes, we do not sell tadpoles or baby frogs.

Frogs listed as ready to go are well established juveniles, in most cases one inch in length and three to five months old. The one inch standard applies to the tinctorius, auratus and other larger dart frogs in particular, obviously many of the other frogs are too small as adults for this to apply.

Please consider the size and age of the frogs in price shopping, the larger and older juveniles we offer will have a considerably higher success rate than froglets!