{"topic_id":"exotic_nutrition_amphibian","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_nutrition_amphibian\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Amphibian nutrition — captive amphibians require live food and vitamin/mineral supplementation\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Amphibian nutrition — captive amphibians require live food and vitamin/mineral supplementation\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_amphibian_husbandry.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 86\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Amphibian nutrition — captive amphibians require live food and vitamin/mineral supplementation\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/amphibians/environment-and-husbandry-for-amphibians\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Amphibian nutrition\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> Long-term maintenance of most captive amphibians requires live food.\n> Although most adult terrestrial and aquatic amphibians feed on invertebrates, including earthworms, bloodworms, black worms, white worms, tubifex worms, springtails, fruit flies, fly larvae, mealworms, and crickets.\n> Vitamin and mineral supplements are necessary to prevent nutritional disease.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_amphibian_husbandry.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Long-term maintenance of most captive amphibians requires live food.`\n- `Although most adult terrestrial and aquatic amphibians feed on invertebrates, including earthworms, bloodworms, black worms, white worms, tubifex worms, springtails, fruit flies, fly larvae, mealworms, and crickets.`\n- `Vitamin and mineral supplements are necessary to prevent nutritional disease.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Amphibian nutrition — captive amphibians require live food and vitamin/mineral supplementation (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Amphibian nutrition — captive amphibians require live food and vitamin/mineral supplementation","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/amphibians/environment-and-husbandry-for-amphibians","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_amphibian_husbandry.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_amphibian_husbandry.txt","tokens_estimated":86,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}