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Welcome to the Frogfather blog โ€” your UK guide to dart frog care, mossy frog setups, bioactive vivariums, and rare isopods. Discover expert tips, breeding advice, and naturalistic enclosure inspiration for exotic amphibian keepers.
Dry season vs wet season dart frog vivarium comparison showing breeding trigger conditions

Why Your Dart Frogs Arenโ€™t Breeding (Youโ€™re Skipping the Dry Season)

If your dart frogs arenโ€™t breeding, thereโ€™s a good chance

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Poison dart frog calling on moss in a humid tropical vivarium during breeding behaviour

Can Playing Frog Calls Encourage Dart Frogs to Breed? New Research Suggests It Might

Anyone who keeps poison dart frogs for long enough will

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Poison dart frog standing beside shallow water in a planted vivarium illustrating frog drowning risk

Can Dart Frogs Drown? Why Even Shallow Water Can Be Dangerous

Surprising frog fact ๐Ÿธ

Dart frogs arenโ€™t strong swimmers.

Even

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Poison dart frog sitting in a petri dish demonstrating how frogs absorb water through their skin

Dart Frogs Do Not Drink Like We Do: How They Absorb Water Through Their Skin

Weird frog fact ๐Ÿธ

Dart frogs donโ€™t actually drink water

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Dart Frog Swallowing Using Its Eyes

Do Dart Frogs Swallow With Their Eyes? The Strange Feeding Fact That Is Actually True

If you keep dart frogs for long enough, you start

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Diagram showing convergent evolution of bradykinin-like pain toxins in frogs and wasps, illustrating how different species evolved similar defensive peptides.

Scientists Discover Frogs Evolved Pain-Causing Toxins Like Wasps

Every now and then, a piece of frog research comes

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Epibatidine toxin from Epipedobates anthonyi poison dart frog explained with comparison to captive bred dart frogs and reference to Alexei Navalny case

Epibatidine, Dart Frog Toxins, and the Biggest Misconception: Are Dart Frogs Poisonous in Captivity?

Youโ€™ve probably seen headlines recently claiming a โ€œdart frog toxinโ€ called epibatidine was used as a poison. That kind of

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Illustrated frog wearing sunglasses for a funny featured post about the Dua Leaper frog conservation story

Good Luck, Dua Leaper ๐Ÿธ๐ŸŽค The Frog Named Like a Pop Starโ€ฆ Thatโ€™s Actually Doing Something Useful

This is NOT Dua Lipaโ€ฆ

๐Ÿธ Meet Dua Leaper โ€” a real frog with a pop-star name and a genuinely wild comeback story.

Wiped out locally by a deadly fungal disease.
Brought back with frog spas, frog saunas, and some seriously clever science.

Funny name? Yes.
Serious conservation win? Absolutely.

This is exactly why frogs need the right temperature, habitat, and protection โ€” whether theyโ€™re in the wild or a carefully built vivarium.

Sometimes it takes a bad pun to get people to careโ€ฆ and honestly, weโ€™ll take that win ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿ’š

๐Ÿ‘‰ Full story on Frogfather.co.uk

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A brightly coloured poison dart frog on a mossy forest floor representing the history behind the term arrow fro

Why Frogs Are Disappearing Worldwide โ€“ And Why This Crisis Is Accelerating

If youโ€™ve been in the frog world for any length of time, youโ€™ve probably felt it: the conversation has shifted.

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Illustration of a brightly coloured poison dart frog emerging from a museum drawer, representing a species discovered decades after collection

A New Poison Dart Frog Species Discovered โ€” From a Single Specimen Collected Over 60 Years Ago

In a time when frog extinctions dominate the headlines, itโ€™s easy to assume that discovery has slowed to a crawl.

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A garden pond surrounded by dense plants with frogs resting at the waterโ€™s edge, showing how private land can act as a refuge for amphibians

Why Private Land Is Becoming the Last Refuge for Rare Frogs โ€” And What Keepers Can Do About It

In the face of habitat loss, disease, and population declines, one of the most surprising developments in amphibian conservation is

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Microscopic view of fungal spores overlaid with a frog silhouette to represent chytrid infection

Deadly Frog Fungus: How a Single Pathogen Is Reshaping Amphibian Life on Earth

If there is one phrase that keeps appearing in almost every serious discussion about amphibian decline, itโ€™s this: chytrid fungus.

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A microscope held in a gloved hand in a misty rainforest with frog silhouettes fading in the background

Why Frogs Are Disappearing Worldwide โ€“ And Why This Crisis Is Accelerating

If youโ€™ve been in the frog world for any length of time, youโ€™ve probably felt it: the conversation has shifted.

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