The numbers
Temperature
One ambient band, 22–26°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet states22-26 °C; preference 23-25 °C; never >29 °C
Humidity
The sheet states80-100%; RO water misting 2×/day; water in bromeliad phytotelms renewed regularly
UVB
The sheet statesPhotoperiod 12 h; UVB 2% optional; plant lighting essential to maintain bromeliads
Identity
Adult size
The size the sheet states for a grown animal.
Why
Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.
How common this animal is
NOT a measure of how many are kept. These filings count animals shipped for any purpose, including the food trade and laboratory supply, and they are United States records only. The three largest volumes in the source belong to a food frog, a bait species and the standard laboratory amphibian.
US Fish and Wildlife Service LEMIS declared wildlife import and export records, as compiled in the received dataset
Enclosure and conditions
Enclosure
Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.
Why
The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».
The sheet statesPlanted bioactive vivarium 30×30×45 cm for a pair; Neoregelia bromeliads mandatory (phytotelms for tadpoles); vertically oriented
What your climate adds
This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.
Reproduction
Life course
Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.
Why
The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.
Common health problems
Good to know
- OBLIGATE OOPHAGOUS tadpoles: ♀ deposits trophic eggs (unfertilised) in each phytotelm every 3–5 days: without this maternal behaviour, tadpoles die
- More than 30 natural geographic morphs: each morph must be kept pure; hybrids are frowned upon in the dart community
- Small size imposing exclusively D. melanogaster flightless: never D. hydei which are too large
- OBLIGATE OOPHAGOUS tadpoles: ♀ deposits trophic eggs (unfertilised) in each phytotelm every 3–5 days — without this maternal behaviour, tadpoles die
- More than 30 natural geographic morphs — each morph must be kept pure; hybrids are frowned upon in the dart community
- Small size imposing exclusively D. melanogaster flightless — never D. hydei which are too large
Common questions
Why is this one so much more expensive?
They are slow to breed and demanding to raise, because the mother has to feed her own eggs to each tadpole. That work is what you are paying for.
Is it good for a first-time keeper?
We would say no. It is the least forgiving of the popular dart frogs and needs a mature, stable planted vivarium before it arrives.
Is it toxic?
Captive-bred ones are not, since the toxin comes from their wild diet. Handle as little as possible anyway and always wash your hands.
How many should I buy?
A proven pair. Males are territorial with each other and females can be rough with rival females, so groups need much more space than people expect.
What it needs
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.
Sources
Others in this group
What this sheet states
This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.
UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.