beginners

Hi all, not particularly new to the forums but I appreciate what this site stands for and (as a lurker since 2006) plus passing 3 stages of my animal behavior courses (w00t!) I'd love to answer the question about nervous Snakes. I'm no expert and I'm positive this has been covered before on...

ok so im currently writing a biology report on the link between inbreeding causing short lifespan and mutation in reptiles and im really struggling to find any data on this along with some data on deaths of reptiles under beginner keepers, also data on phenotype perfect vs genotype perfect can...

What is the easiest tropical forg to start with? One that is not to high maintenance, and easy to maintain? Also, i have read loads of care sheets about different species but id there a minimum size tank as an average? I had my eye on blue poison dart frogs. Are these a good starter frog?