Does “terrarium” describe your landscapes properly?

[FrogO_Oeyes]

Here are some more excellent examples I dug up...

Lotarium http://www.gifkikkerportaal.nl/Porta...6/DSCF0535.JPG
This site springs off to a ton of excellent examples.
Neblarium http://www.caudata.org/forum/message...tml?1098150953
This particular cage is a seepage, but the main feature is a constantly damp environment without significant open water. This is the same effect a waterfall spray or incoming cloud would produce. The forum it's in contains a large number of examples and techniques. At least one refers to a "riparium". I like that term better than "lentarium", but it doesn't have a matching term for lakeshore habitats. The particular example, I would call an aquarium, since it has no actual land.

[FrogO_Oeyes]

All photos mine:
Paludarium, Lentarium, Lotarium
Weedy ditch along coastal mountain rainforest, habitat of Rana aurora. Similar habitats are ideal for many herptiles.

Aquarium, Lentarium, Lotarium
Step-pool of rocky coastal mountain creek, habitat of Dicamptodon. Similar habitats are home to a small number of hertiles, including Paramesotriton, Batrachuperus, Rheobatrachus, Pseudoeurycea aquatica, Eurycea, and Elseya.

Paludarium
Prairie Swale, habitat of Pseudacris maculata, Lithobates sylvaticus, Thamnophis sirtalis, Thamnophis radix, and Anaxyrus hemiophrys. Similar habitats host a large variety of amphibians, reptiles, crocodilians, and turtles.

Paludarium
Mountain pass bog, spring- and cloud-fed, origin of two creeks. Migrational habitat of Ascaphus montanus. Probable habitat of Thamnophis elegans, Anaxyrus cf. boreus, Lithobates sylvaticus and Rana luteiventris. Possible habitat of Pseudacris sierrae palouse.

Terrarium, Lotarium
Sandy creek in coastal temperate rainforest. Rainforest is habitat of Ensatina eschscholtzii. Marginal habitat for a variety of herptiles. Similar forest habitats are home to a large variety of herptiles. Similar streams are home to Paramesotriton, Taricha, and an assortment of turtles, crocodilians, lizards, and other amphibians.

[Spankenstyne]

Those are some great links. A lot to digest atm but will check em out in time.

[FrogO_Oeyes]

Photos also mine...

Terrarium
Overgrown stone and concrete wall by coastal lowland weedy lake, habitat of Pseudacris regilla, Ambystoma macrodactylum, Thamnophis sirtalis, Thamnophis ordinoides, Chrysemys picta, and Lithobates catesbeianus. A number of other species are likely, and habitats similar to this are ideal for a huge number of herptile species.

Terrarium, Lentarium
Spring-fed mountain creek, marginal habitat of Lithobates sylvaticus, Rana luteiventris, Anaxyrus cf. boreus, Ambystoma macrodactylum, Thamnophis sirtalis, and Thamnophis elegans. Similar habitats are preferred by Eurycea, Gyrinophilus, Desmognathus, Plethodon, and a wide range of other herptiles.

Neblarium, Petrarium, Terrarium
Inland temperate rainforest mountain creek/waterfall. Rock crevices in the spray zone are preferred habitat of Plethodon idahoensis. Similar habitats are preferred by P.vandykei, Nectophrynoides asperginis and Rhyacotriton spp.

Neblarium
Inland temperate rainforest mountain creek/waterfall. Rock crevices in the spray zone are preferred habitat of Plethodon idahoensis. Similar habitats are preferred by P.vandykei and Rhyacotriton spp.

Terrarium
Coastal Temperate Rainforest, habitat of Rana aurora, Aneides ferreus, Ensatina eschscholtzii, Plethodon vehiculum, and Dicamptodon tenebrosus. Similar habitats host a large variety of reptiles, amphibians, and archosaurs.

[FrogO_Oeyes]

Lentarium
Second order rocky mountain creek in inland temperate rainforest, habitat of Dicamptodon aterrimus. Probable habitat of Ascaphus montanus. Similar habitats host an enormous variety of amphibians, including Paradactylodon, Onychodactylus, Batrachuperus, Amolops, Staurois, Conraua, Pachytriton, Euproctus, Calotriton, Atelopus, Taudactylus, and Heliophryne.

First or second order rocky mountain creek in inland temperate rainforest, habitat of Ascaphus montanus. Probable habitat of Dicamptodon aterrimus. Similar habitats host an enormous variety of amphibians, including Paradactylodon, Onychodactylus, Batrachuperus, Amolops, Staurois, Conraua, Pachytriton, Euproctus, Calotriton, Atelopus, Taudactylus, Paramesotriton, Rheobatrachus, Leiopelma, Taricha rivularis, and Heliophryne.

First order rocky mountain creek in coastal temperate rainforest, habitat of Ascaphus californicus, Dicamptodon tenebrosus, and Rhyacotriton cf. variegatus. Similar habitats host an enormous variety of amphibians, including Paradactylodon, Onychodactylus, Batrachuperus, Amolops, Staurois, Pachytriton, Euproctus, Calotriton, Atelopus, Leiopelma, and Heliophryne.

First order rocky mountain creek in coastal temperate rainforest, habitat of Ascaphus californicus, Dicamptodon tenebrosus, Plethodon dunni/gordoni, Plethodon vehiculum, and Rhyacotriton cf. variegatus. Similar habitats host an enormous variety of amphibians, including Paradactylodon, Onychodactylus, Batrachuperus, Amolops, Staurois, Pachytriton, Euproctus, Calotriton, Atelopus, Leiopelma, and Heliophryne.

Rocky foothills stream, habitat of Lithobates pipiens and marginal habitat for Lithobates sylvaticus, Anaxyrus cf. boreus, Thamnophis elegans, and Thamnophis sirtalis. Similar habitats are home to a wide array of amphibians.

[FrogO_Oeyes]

Petrarium, Terrarium
Sandstone outcrop in montane savanna, habitat of Thamnophis elegans and Thamnophis sirtalis. Similar habitats host a large array of rupicolous geckos, tropidurids, skinks, agamids, and a few amphibians.

Petrarium, Terrarium
Sandstone outcrop in montane savanna, habitat of Thamnophis elegans and Thamnophis sirtalis. Similar habitats host a large array of rupicolous geckos, tropidurids, skinks, agamids, and a few amphibians. Gekko ulikovskii, G.grossmanni, and Gekko badenii are found on rock outcrops in grassy areas of Vietnam.

Desertarium, Terrarium, or Graminarium
Badlands-Arid Steppe transition, habitat for Pituophis sayi and Thamnophis elegans. Marginal habitat for Ambystoma mavortium and Thamnophis radix. Potential habitat for Crotalus viridis, Heterodon nasicus, and Phrynosoma hernandesii. Similar habitats host a large variety of reptiles and a few amphibians.

Desertarium, Petrarium, or Graminarium
Okanogan Highlands Arid Steppe, habitat for Crophytus, Gambelia, Crotalus, Sonora, Sceloporus, Pituophis, Hypsiglena, Elgaria, and Aspidoscelis. Marginal habitat for Ambystoma mavortium, Anaxyrus, Spea, and Thamnophis. Potential habitat for Crotalus viridis, Heterodon nasicus, and Phrynosoma hernandesii. Similar habitats host a large variety of reptiles and a few amphibians.

Graminarium
Montane savanna, marginal habitat for Thamnophis elegans. Similar habitats host a variety of reptiles, amphibians, and turtles. Takydromus spp. are well-known lizards dwelling in tall grass.

[FrogO_Oeyes]

Desertarium
Badlands/Arid Steppe/Sagebrush Desert, habitat for Pituophis sayi and Thamnophis elegans. Marginal habitat for Ambystoma mavortium and Thamnophis radix. Potential habitat for Crotalus viridis, Heterodon nasicus, and Phrynosoma hernandesii. Similar habitats host a large variety of reptiles and a few amphibians.

[FrogO_Oeyes]

A couple more relevant sites:
Saurian.net in St Louis - frog breeders and terrarium designers with some good examples and supplies at their site.
http://www.saurian.net/htm05/froginf...terr_main.html
IRBA - not many pictures, but they run big shows in California, including terrarium competitions.
http://www.irba.com/

[FrogO_Oeyes]

Since I know of a couple people currently working on terraria, including at least two attempts to replicate a particular region [northern Vietnam, western Solomon Islands], I thought I might bump this up so people can get ideas.

[web wheeler]

I would like to compliment Mr. FrogO_Oeyes on your excellent discussion of various artificially created biomes.

The only addition that I can presently think of which could be added to the list would be a Refugium, which is used mostly in marine reefkeeping.

A refugium is a biome whose purpose is to encourage the growth of plants and animals which scavenge, or clean, the environment of harmful pollutants, without which, the biosphere (collective biomes) would suffer. A refugium is an integrated biome, which requires separate maintenance from the other physically connected biomes. The physical separation of the refugium must be maintained, either because the biological requirements of the refugium plants and animals are unique, or because the refugium plants and animals would be attacked (eaten or damaged) by the inhabitants of the other interconnected biomes.