"The frogs arrived in excellent condition!!!! They are gorgeous. Thank you for all your efforts. What a packing job, is that a custom made Styrofoam case?"

-- S. Korte
 

Welcome to Understory Enterprises

Captive Bred Amphibians - Dried and Framed Insect Specimens - Feeder Insects

At Understory we specialize in the captive reproduction of tropical amphibians. Working with one of the largest collections of captive amphibians in the world we proudly offer captive bred offspring to clientele worldwide. Also available are a variety of feeder insects and supplies necessary for the proper maintenance of your frogs and vivaria.

In addition to frogs, we now offer a variety of curious dried beetles and beautiful butterflies legally collected and exported from Peru, as both papered specimens and as mounted/framed items.

Our goal remains conservation of the very neotropical forests these animals call home and proceeds generated help directly support rainforest conservation efforts in Peru managed by our sister corporation, Understory Explorer S.A.C.


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Located near Chatham, Ontario, Canada. What started out as a childhood fascination with the rainforest, tropical fauna, and reptiles and amphibians in general soon became more focused on tropical frogs, in particular, dart frogs.
We are pleased to offer a line of custom made acrylic vivariums. These vivariums are manufactured with the needs of your animals in mind. Tired of top opening units? Our vivariums are front opening for ease of maintenance and feeding.
Remarkably these often delicate looking creatures fare very well in captivity provided that a few necessary requirements are met. Keeping poison frogs in living vivaria has started to increase in popularity in Canada.
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November 27th 2007

We apologize for the lengthy delay since last updating the site. We have been hard at work on many projects. Throughout the coming weeks watch for more updates with many new species and localities of Dart Frogs to be introduced, as well as some new treefrogs.

Also please browse our selection framed Butterflies and Beetles which we will be slowly but continuously adding to. These framed specimens along with the papered specimens provide a captivating insight into the beautiful and bizarre realm of Amazonian Invertebrate diversity. We will strive to keep the site updated, but as always don't hesitate to email with any inquiries, we will be happy to answer any questions as best as we can in a timely manner.
 

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Ameerega bassleri! Ameerega bassleri This "Blue/Chrome green" bassleri is arguably the most impressive of all the Amereega species.
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Insects for sale. Insect Invasion. From the rainforests of South America, we now have a large selection of beautiful, professionally prepared/framed and dried specimens.
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Upcoming Show August 10 Montreal!
 

News

Summertime

Spring and summer are always busy times with many frogs jumping nicely into their breeding cycles. Mantella season is underway, with tadpoles of many species already in the water. We anticipate offering our largest selection ever of CB mantellas this fall.
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