Re: housing Orgeon and Crested newts together

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: : : I have a pair of Orgeon newts and a pair of Crested : : : newts and I was wondering if it would be possible to : : : house them all in the same tank? I was also wondering : : : if it would be possible to add a red eyed tree frog to : : : the mixture? : : I would not suggest it. : : Oregon newts (Taricha) are extremely poisonous and : : long term exposure to their skin secretions my : : be lethal to crested newts (Triturus). In addition : : male Taricha clasp their females, or anything : : else that looks like it, during breeding season, : : which can be dangerous as well for Triturus. : : Moreover, Triturus are fairly aggressive and may : : bite your Taricha, damaging their skin and getting : : poisoned at the same time. : : Same thing with frogs: adult red-eyed are quite : : large and may try to eat the newts. In addition, : : these frogs lives on trees (thus require "vertical" : : tanks), while newts are mostly aquatic and need : : more "orizontal" space. : : The best way is rearing every species separately. : Hmmmm...if the animals are toxic in anyway or aggressive, like tree frog, no. Also, the other guy was right about the tree frog needing a tertical tank.

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