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NEW FROG IN TOWN
Well, not THAT new, but for some five years ago, Dendrobates galactonotus was virtually unknown. There is a picture in Walls’ jewels of the rainforest, which does not look very much like the real frogs.
Since then, some have been introducing in the hobby. At first weird stories told about frogs with shortened lower legs or metamorphosing without hind legs at all. Right now, several breeders produce nice and healthy specimen. (That is, here in the Netherlands, I cannot vouch for the rest of the world) The frogs related to the Dendrobates tinctorius group and kept in a similar manner. They like a warm (over 20°C at least) and humid vivarium and given time they will show themselves quite often, though not as much as the Dendrobates tinctorius use to.
However, there is a knack. The Brazilian government has never given any official permits to export these frogs from Brazil and since the whole area where Dendrobates galactonotus is to be found in nature lies well within Brazil, the first ones to reach Europe and the US have had to be illegal imports.
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