AmphibiCast Dan Drobates

The Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus) is one of the world's most iconic amphibian species. In this episode I am joined by Director of Buishido Adventure Travel limited and CEO of Sustainable Daisen -  Richard Pearce, directly from Japan.  Sustainable Daisen is a not for profit organization that focuses on Japanese Giant Salamander conservation through habitat preservation,  conservation initiatives, and global engagement. Through his decades of guiding experience, Richard has a developed an intimate understanding of the natural history and lifecycle of one of the world's largest amphibians. 

In this episode we discuss Richard's background as a guide, and the efforts made by Sustainable Daisen. Richard also gives us a full master class in the Japanese Giant Salamander's natural history,  breeding habits, diet, reproduction, and behavior. We also talk about Richard's philosophy towards nature, how he became an honorary monk, the threat that hybridization poses, and the unique region surrounding Mt Daisen. 

This episode is sponsored by Gray Ghost Creations
https://www.etsy.com/shop/GrayGhostCreations

Exo Terra is our sponsor this week. For all your amphibian needs visit: Exo-terra.com or visit your local dealer and follow @exoterra on social media. 

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To learn more visit: 
https://www.sustainabledaisen.org/en/home
https://www.bushidojapan.com/
https://www.lifegate.com/longform/saving-japanese-giant-salamanders-from-extinction

This week I am joined by professional vivarium specialist and long time frog hobbyist, Rob Mohr. Rob has made a career out his passion for the natural world, and in this episode we discuss his role at one of the largest private vivariums in the United States - the Seattle Spheres. We discuss plants, the logistics of maintaining massive living walls, water parameters, and how a massive full grown tree was lowered into the spheres.  We also talk about that value that community has within the dart frog and plant  hobbies, Rob's collection of large oophaga and so much more! 

Exo Terra is our sponsor this week. For all your amphibian needs visit: Exo-terra.com and visit your local dealer. Follow @exoterra on all social media platforms!

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To learn more - https://www.seattlespheres.com/

This week I am joined by Armen of HerpTime.  In this episode we discuss what it takes to be a breeder, Armen’s new frog breeding projects, social media and more! We also take a deep dive into anoles and compare and contrast anole vs frog husbandry. 

This episode is sponsored by Gray Ghost Creations
https://www.etsy.com/shop/GrayGhostCreations

Exo Terra is our sponsor this week. For all your amphibian needs visit: Exo-terra.com and visit your local dealer

To Support the Podcast, for merch, and vivarium discounts please visit: https://linktr.ee/AmphibiCast

Special shout out to our new $5 Patron - Michael Steffen!

This week I am joined by Dayyan Saylany. Dayyan is known across Youtube and social media as Reptiliatus, and in this episode we discuss his passion for reptiles and amphibians; and his journey into content creation. We also talk about Dayyan's frog  experiences including why he developed a care video for juvenile-subadult pacman frogs, and how he successfully raised a  Cruziohyla craspedopus, (commonly known as the fringed leaf frog) from a tadpole!

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Exo-Terra is our sponsor this week. For all your amphibian and reptile needs visit exo-terra.com or your local dealer

This week I am joined by Drew Martinez. Drew is the owner of Carnivero. - a nursery that specializes in carnivorous plants. In this episode, we discuss Drew's tenure in the dart frog and plant hobbies, his fascination with carnivorous plants and how to successfully care for everything from Nepenthes pitcher plants, to Venus Fly traps and Platycerium! Drew also shares a few stories and observations from his trips to borneo, including one where a species of rainbow toad was rediscovered!

To learn more, visit: https://www.carnivero.com

Some of the research discussed: 
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jzs.12465
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228439802

 This episode is sponsored by Gray Ghost Creations
https://www.etsy.com/shop/GrayGhostCreations

Exo Terra is our sponsor this week. For all your amphibian needs visit: Exo-terra.com and visit your local dealer

To Support the Podcast, for merch, and vivarium discounts please visit: https://linktr.ee/AmphibiCast

Streams are unique habitats that are home to many different species of amphibian. But,  do changes in stream dynamics effect amphibian lifecycles? And if so, how?  This week I am joined by researcher, Madaline Cochrane and we discuss her paper, "Individual growth rates and size at metamorphosis increase with watershed area in a stream salamander." We focus our discussion on her work with Gyrinophilus porphyriticus (AKA the Spring Salamander) and how growth rate, behavior, and reproduction are all affected by variations in a stream biome.
To read the paper please check out:
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.4217

Exo Terra is our sponsor this week. For all your amphibian husbandry needs, visit https://exo-terra.com/ or your local dealer. 

To support the show by becoming a patron, for merch, In Situ Ecosystems discounts and more visit: https://linktr.ee/AmphibiCast