Red-Backed Poison Dart Frog (D. Reticulatus)

[Jordan B]

I just got these on Thursday, from Patrick of saurian enterprises. Three beautiful retics, and it looks like one might be a female. Anyway, each frog is in a 5.5 quart sweaterbox, half sphagnum and half coco soil. I seeded each tank with springtails and then added in leaf litter. It's great to finally get these, they have always been my favorite species of dart frog. Seeing them in person is amazing, they really are tiny, right now about the size of two peppercorns. They are already half grown or more; Dendrobates Reticulatus is the smallest Poison Dart Frog you can buy. Here they are.

Jordan

Possible female
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/JorBenjamin/Dendrobates%20Reticulatus/IMGP2659.jpg

Another of *her*
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/JorBenjamin/Dendrobates%20Reticulatus/IMGP2655.jpg

And another
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/JorBenjamin/Dendrobates%20Reticulatus/IMGP2642.jpg

This is the skinniest of the retics, so i'm watching closely. It looks like he's starting to bulk up again today.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/JorBenjamin/Dendrobates%20Reticulatus/IMGP2661.jpg

Another
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/JorBenjamin/Dendrobates%20Reticulatus/IMGP2637.jpg

This is a lined retic, apparently the lines complete as it grows.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/JorBenjamin/Dendrobates%20Reticulatus/IMGP2663.jpg

Another
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/JorBenjamin/Dendrobates%20Reticulatus/IMGP2667.jpg

Finally, the lined retic's shoebox. They all look pretty much the same.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/JorBenjamin/Dendrobates%20Reticulatus/IMGP2669.jpg