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Earlier this week, we bought out a number of breeding pairs from a Kentucky dart frog breeder, who is leaving the business.
The adult pairs included several Leucomelas pairs, a couple of green and black Costa Rican Auratus pairs, two pairs each of Standard Imitators and Yuri Imitators.  In addition, we purchased two more pairs of G & B Costa Rican Auratus from another source.
Hopefully in the coming months, we will have many of each available for sale.

I know some of you are following the progress of the Red Trivitattus that recently hatched.  We currently have twenty three healthy, growing tads.  We lost a few eggs toward the end and one tad so far.  However, I'm feeling pretty confident about their survival.  Once big enough, at about two to three months old, we will be releasing them for sale.  These will be the first Red Trivs I have personlly ever seen available, that are captive bred.  It happens, but is very rare for them to produce in captivity.

We had ten Mint Terribilis available and sold out the first week they became available.  I will be releasing eight more for sale next week.  So, if you are interseted, please call, text or e-mail to reserve.  They can be picked up in Greensboro or at the Raleigh Reptile show April 30/May1.

We also have plenty of Azureus juvies and Turquoise & Black/Bronze Auratus juvies available.  The Auratus are very large, fat, healthy six month old frogs.

Please stop by our table at the Raleigh show in two weeks.  We will have all of the above frogs available, along with some planted vivs, Rep-Cal calcium powder, FF cultures and culturing kits, sheet moss and we will be debuting our new "Got Frogs?" t-shirts.
Also, if anyone has any tads, froglets, juvies, adults or pairs of any frogs we currently are not working with and would like to sell them, please contact us.
We always like to meet fellow dart enthusiasts, so say hey when you visit the show.

That's it for now,
Jeff
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It's the last week of 2010 and a few days before Christmas.  It's the end of our first year in business.  It's been an up and down year for us.  Because of the sluggish economy, people have not spent as much money on animals.  this has been especially evident at the reptile shows we have attended.  No matter what the vendors were selling, all complained of slow sales.  Hopefully, with consumer confidence up and a slowly improving economy, things will pick up for all of the reptile and amphibian dealers.

We are taking this time to re-evaluate our business, take stock and do some overdue maintenance.  We have sold off several breeds of dart frogs and have added some new ones.  We're looking forward to some Bicolors and some Citronellas maturing and hopefully producing some pairs.  Several species have been calling regularly, but have not produced offspring yet.  Perhaps we'll play some Marvin Gay music for them.

So, we look forward to doing business with you and hope to see you at the shows in 2011.  we'll be at Repticon Charlotte next, January 8 & 9.  Happy Holidays and here's to a great new year.
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We've got some new arrivals at Carolina Dart Frogs.  Over the last two weeks, we have added several new species.
Our first new arrival was a pair of beautiful O. Pumilio Solartes.  One is red and the other a kind of salmon color.  They are a male and female pair and the male is calling occasionally, but no eggs so far.
Next was a pair of green Trivitattus.  They are huge, bright green and kind of shy.  I have heard some calling from the male.  I have to admit, they are one of my favorites.
Yesterday, we got in a new male Azureus.  He is a replacement for one we lost to escaping recently.  He is perhaps the largest male I have ever seen.  He is still kind of timid and avoids the female, who follows him.
Next week we have a pair of Costa Rican green and black Auratus arriving, as well as a pair of Tinctorius Yellowbacks.  This will be our first time with the Yellowbacks and we look forward to breeding them.  
Stay tuned for more new arrivals over the coming weeks.
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Post Title. 08/08/2010
 
Welcome to Carolina Dart Frogs.  I am pleased to open this new website for our company. 
I have been keeping "Poison" Dart Frogs for three years and have expanded my collection over those years.  I currently breed nine varieties and will expand to twelve within the next few months.
Dart frogs are fascinating creatures, come in an amazing array of colors, patterns and sizes and are fairly easy to keep.
The most difficult part of keeping dart frogs is feeding, as they require live foods.  The most common food is fruit flies, which can be purchased from a number of online sites.  It is easy to raise your own fruit fly cultures and much more cost effective.  There are many vendors selling culturing supplies online.
The various types of dart frogs have different requirements for their enclosures, called vivariums.  We sell planted ten and twenty gallon vivariums.  Building your own "viv" can be fun and a great outlet for your creative design abilities.  Vivs come in every size imaginable, limited only by the space available in your home or office.
Please take some time to look over our website.  We welcome questions and suggestions and look forward to doing business with you.
Jeff
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