mantella frogs & chams?

[spottedcircus]

I have a 24x18x24 exo that I have 9 Golden Mantella frogs in. They utilize the bottom part of the tank so all the upper areas are kind of barren. Does anyone know of a good small chamelon that I could put in the upper half with these mantellas that wouldn't eat them? Or is this even possible? I have a misting system set up on the tank & if possible I'd like to have a live bearing species. Is there anything that would work well with this? The frogs mainly eat fruit flies, and small bean beetles, and tiny crickets

 

[Ricardo]

As far as i know the chameleons - and all other carnivorous reptiles and others - would eat, or at least ry to eat anythig that moves and significantly smaller than they are, and i guess frogs are thiny. So i wouldt recommend to house them together.
Better to get a screen cage for that wanted cham! Or put the cham in that terrarium and get a new one for the frogs!

By the way, what kinda frogs are they? I mean can you please write scientific name?

Greetings:

Ricardo

 

[spottedcircus]

The frogs are Mantella aurantiaca. they are bright gold colored from Madagascar & roughly an inch or so. I was thinking that pygmy chams could go with them becuase they are also small.
Here is a current photo of the exo, I'd add a lot more branches in the upper area for some chams

 

[Ricardo]

Sweet little yellow jewels
This terrarium would not fit any chams but pigmys. I still not recommend to house these animals together. For example i can (and it will) cause food competition, stress etc. In this thiny place (compared to nature) they cant hide or cant go as far from each other as they want!
Get a new screen cage for a chameleon that would be the best solution, and as i saw the arent so expensive in the US/UK! Or a next exoterra if you want pigmys

 

[carol5208]

Ricardo is right on with his advice! i would only house one species together. My chameleon accidently ate a small anole about a week ago. I live in Florida. The big will probably eat the small!

 

[sandrachameleon]

I keep painted mantella. I made "gound level" in one back corner much higher than the rest, plus I have a log going from the lower back corner to the higher back corner. Also near the back are heftier plants they can climb. The frogs seem to enjoy the options, and it utilizes more of the vertical space.

A nice stick bug or leaf insect wouldnt compete for food or be antagonistic to the frogs.

 

[spottedcircus]

Thanks for all the advice. I thought that some pygmys would look neat in there and not bother the frogs. But I don't want to risk either animal. I love my dart frog collection and now that the chameleon bug has bit me I wanted to They and combine the two loves. Guess ill have to stick with my veiled and panther for now till I can figure out how to magically make space in my frog room. Thanks again!