Cohabitation
 

I was wondering if a slender garden newt could cohabitate with dart frogs. Specifically A. Galactonotus and Batrachoseps Major Major. The slender garden salamander is small, about an inch and a quarter long and won't get a lot bigger and it's nocturnal. I'd expect it would bust burrow and come out infrequently at night.

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A wild caught newt housed with a non-sympatric animal with a naive immune system is a poor way to house either of these species. Also, the risk of predation by the frog cannot be discounted -- captive darts are known to attempt to eat very unlikely prey. Also, Batrachoseps major is living at the edge of its thermal tolerance in much of California (likely microhabitat preferences are very important in that part of its range), as it would be housed in tropical conditions with a Dendrobatid.

Why not a vivarium for each? That's by far the responsible way.

Thanks, I've only held it for a couple days, I think I'll release it back into its native micro climate this evening. Yeah, the predation risks are probably way too high and it probably has a better chance to reintegrate, and hopefully reproduce back in the wild. He was a nice little friend. And now that I know these live right outside my front door, I'll be sure to do what I can to ensure a suitable environment for this guy and his buddies.

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So amazing. For comparison to other localities, this one was observed in Laguna Beach in a low natural light less than a quarter mile from the ocean. He was living in and around bromeliads. Guess I'm going to plant a bigger bromeliad garden.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ff494cc604.jpg

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We have plethodontids in Wisconsin -- amazing little things. I live just a little south of the range of Plethodon cinereus, but I've seen them up north -- curled up under logs, protecting eggs. It is hard to describe why they're more fascinating than Ambystoma, but I think they are.

Neat animals -- you're lucky to have them right outside. :)