09-27-2011, 12:23 PM
I recieved this mass emailing in my personal email account and thought it was worthy of reposting here. By, 'worthy', I mean well written and excellent for the hobby .I do not make it a point to repost other companies advertisements and even though Mark is more than welcome to come here and post himself.....I will gladly make this exception.
Understory Update - September 2011
We hope everyone enjoyed as nice a summer as we had in South Western Ontario. As autumn arrives we have many frogs ready to be shipped. Amongst these are the first Mantella froglets of 2011. We have a nice supply of aurantiaca as well as more conservative numbers of crocea, pulchra, and anticipate very limited number of laevigata. Betsileo are coming but will be a little further behind. More importantly, we have committed to donate 15% of all Mantella sales (before applicable taxes) to the Association Mitsinjo Amphibian conservation initiative in Madagascar. To read more about this important endeavour, please read this summary provided by Devin Edmonds who helped spear head the endeavour. We think it is a fantastic effort and we are glad to be able contribute to it. Your patronage of Understory, regardless of what frog, plant, or product you purchase, helps ensure that we remain capable of contributing financially to efforts such as those under way at Association Mitsinjo.
The glass frogs continue to crawl out of the water at a steady pace, and we are finally moving through the wait lists at a decent pace. If Hylalinobatrachium valerioi interest you, don’t hesitate to contact us for more information. Not only will you receive some amazing frogs, but you will be supporting the fantastic work of the CRARC. On the same vein, we have a nice supply of 3+ month old Hylomantis lemur available now as well.
Our Ranitomeya selection is fairly robust at the moment, some of the highlights being Iquitos R. reticulata, the “Caynarachi” fantastica, as well as flavovitatta, benedicta, and a really nice selection of both the Blackwater and Iquitos Red Orange ventrimaculata to name but a few.
If Ameerega are your thing then we have a few species that might be of interest. Another nice crop of intensely coloured Sisa bassleri have just reached shipping size, and we have a few nice Abiseo pepperi as well. For those of you truly enamoured with the Ameerega, you might want to try the handsome altamazonica. We have several sub-adult Sisa altamazonica ready to go now.
As usual we have a nice selection of auratus, leucomelas, and a handful of tinctorius morphs as well.
Reptile Shows - After 10 years of near perfect attendance at the reptile expos in the Greater Toronto area, we have decided to scale down our attendance to just two shows a year. In 2012 we will only attend the spring show, and the fall Canadian Reptile Breeders Expo. Our busy schedule and increasing obligations in South America have brought us to this decision. We will not be in attendance to any of the remaining 2011 reptile expo’s in Ontario.
European Distribution – for many years now we have worked either exclusively or semi-exclusively with one company or another in Europe. For the last 3 years we have shipped our frogs exclusively to PFI in Holland. As our business grows and selection broadens we have been forced to reconsider how we handle business in Europe. In order to help make our frogs more accessible to collectors throughout the EU, we have recently begun shipping sporadically as well to Short’s Tropical Connection (Christopher Short). Hopefully with this additional source for our frogs in Europe, both shops and collectors alike will have easier access to our frogs. We invite anyone in Europe who has an interest in any of our frogs to contact us directly and we will be glad to help coordinate the acquisition through one of these two channels.
Amphibian Ark – Ron Gagliardo has brought it to our attention that Amphibian Ark has a 2012 calendar available for sale now. To purchase this calendar, and learn more about the Ark, visit them here.
As always do not hesitate to email us or call for more information. Many new projects are in the works, so stay tuned for exciting updates shortly.
Thanks for your time,
M. Pepper
Understory Enterprises Inc.
Understory Update - September 2011
We hope everyone enjoyed as nice a summer as we had in South Western Ontario. As autumn arrives we have many frogs ready to be shipped. Amongst these are the first Mantella froglets of 2011. We have a nice supply of aurantiaca as well as more conservative numbers of crocea, pulchra, and anticipate very limited number of laevigata. Betsileo are coming but will be a little further behind. More importantly, we have committed to donate 15% of all Mantella sales (before applicable taxes) to the Association Mitsinjo Amphibian conservation initiative in Madagascar. To read more about this important endeavour, please read this summary provided by Devin Edmonds who helped spear head the endeavour. We think it is a fantastic effort and we are glad to be able contribute to it. Your patronage of Understory, regardless of what frog, plant, or product you purchase, helps ensure that we remain capable of contributing financially to efforts such as those under way at Association Mitsinjo.
The glass frogs continue to crawl out of the water at a steady pace, and we are finally moving through the wait lists at a decent pace. If Hylalinobatrachium valerioi interest you, don’t hesitate to contact us for more information. Not only will you receive some amazing frogs, but you will be supporting the fantastic work of the CRARC. On the same vein, we have a nice supply of 3+ month old Hylomantis lemur available now as well.
Our Ranitomeya selection is fairly robust at the moment, some of the highlights being Iquitos R. reticulata, the “Caynarachi” fantastica, as well as flavovitatta, benedicta, and a really nice selection of both the Blackwater and Iquitos Red Orange ventrimaculata to name but a few.
If Ameerega are your thing then we have a few species that might be of interest. Another nice crop of intensely coloured Sisa bassleri have just reached shipping size, and we have a few nice Abiseo pepperi as well. For those of you truly enamoured with the Ameerega, you might want to try the handsome altamazonica. We have several sub-adult Sisa altamazonica ready to go now.
As usual we have a nice selection of auratus, leucomelas, and a handful of tinctorius morphs as well.
Reptile Shows - After 10 years of near perfect attendance at the reptile expos in the Greater Toronto area, we have decided to scale down our attendance to just two shows a year. In 2012 we will only attend the spring show, and the fall Canadian Reptile Breeders Expo. Our busy schedule and increasing obligations in South America have brought us to this decision. We will not be in attendance to any of the remaining 2011 reptile expo’s in Ontario.
European Distribution – for many years now we have worked either exclusively or semi-exclusively with one company or another in Europe. For the last 3 years we have shipped our frogs exclusively to PFI in Holland. As our business grows and selection broadens we have been forced to reconsider how we handle business in Europe. In order to help make our frogs more accessible to collectors throughout the EU, we have recently begun shipping sporadically as well to Short’s Tropical Connection (Christopher Short). Hopefully with this additional source for our frogs in Europe, both shops and collectors alike will have easier access to our frogs. We invite anyone in Europe who has an interest in any of our frogs to contact us directly and we will be glad to help coordinate the acquisition through one of these two channels.
Amphibian Ark – Ron Gagliardo has brought it to our attention that Amphibian Ark has a 2012 calendar available for sale now. To purchase this calendar, and learn more about the Ark, visit them here.
As always do not hesitate to email us or call for more information. Many new projects are in the works, so stay tuned for exciting updates shortly.
Thanks for your time,
M. Pepper
Understory Enterprises Inc.
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