Introduction to Amphibian Keeping
Caring for frogs, salamanders, newts and axolotls, from water quality to biosecurity.
- Level
- Beginner
- Study time
- TBC
- Modules
- 0
- Lessons
- 0
- Assessment
- Module quizzes · graded certificate
- Version
- v1.0
What you'll learn
- ✓Explain how amphibian biology shapes their care
- ✓Set up aquatic, semi-aquatic and terrestrial amphibian enclosures
- ✓Manage water quality, temperature and humidity
- ✓Feed a varied, appropriate diet
- ✓Apply biosecurity to protect captive and wild amphibians from disease
About this course
Amphibians have very different needs from reptiles. Their permeable skin makes them sensitive to water quality, temperature and chemicals, and to diseases such as chytrid.
This course covers the main groups of amphibians kept in captivity, enclosure types from aquatic to arboreal, water quality and filtration, diet, handling, health problems and the biosecurity every amphibian keeper needs.
Cover photo: An axolotl. Photo: Monika Korzeniec, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Course content
0 modules · 0 lessons · study time TBC
Who this course is for
- New and prospective amphibian keepers
- Reptile keepers expanding into amphibians
- Shop staff who sell amphibians
Assessment & certificate
Each module ends with a quiz that is marked automatically: multiple-choice questions plus a written section where you explain what you've learned in your own words. You can take each quiz once and cannot retake it, and you'll see the correct answer to any question you got wrong.
When you've completed every module, you receive a certificate of completion with a unique verification code, graded on your average score across all the module quizzes:
- PassUp to 69%
- Merit70–79%
- Distinction80–100%
Everyone who completes every module receives a certificate.
This certificate confirms completion of an online, theory-based course and a passed online assessment. It is not an accredited qualification and does not certify practical competence.