Salamander with other amphibian

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YoungHerpetologist02
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Salamander with other amphibian

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Would there be any frog that will be able to live with a Tiger Salamander, or would that be a bad idea.
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Mixing species is a tough (but not impossible) thing to pull of right. I can tell you that a tiger salamander will eat ANYTHING that fits in its mouth (and some things that won't) and any frog that ends up in front of it might become a meal. If you could find a large enough frog that is native to tiger salamander range, you could pull it off, but I'd probably recommend just keeping them separate.
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You also need to use care when using different species that secrete toxins from their skin. For example, just keeping a Pickeral Frog in an enclosure with other frog species will spell death to the other species in most cases unless the enclosure is just so huge that there is no chance of contact between species.
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