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Amphibian nutrition — captive amphibians require live food and vitamin/mineral supplementation

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Amphibian nutrition

The text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).

> Long-term maintenance of most captive amphibians requires live food. > 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. > Vitamin and mineral supplements are necessary to prevent nutritional disease.

Source: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_amphibian_husbandry.txt (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).

Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)

  • Long-term maintenance of most captive amphibians requires live food.
  • 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.
  • Vitamin and mineral supplements are necessary to prevent nutritional disease.

Sources

Amphibian nutrition — captive amphibians require live food and vitamin/mineral supplementation
Source document: Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)
Merck Veterinary Manualretrieved 2026-07-28

Verification file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_amphibian_husbandry.txt