A paludarium in a zoo
A paludarium is an artificial living environment that has both a land and a water section. It usually serves for studying organisms. Such an environment, consisting of just a water section, is called an aquarium, and a terrarium is called Terrarium. In addition to these three forms, living environments are also named for the "kind" organism to be investigated, a housing for plants is called herbarium, a housing for ants is called a formicarium.
To make a paludarium you can place a large tank filled with water in a terrarium, but the most commonly used form resembles an aquarium with a part of the land, a glass bowl with the glass plates trimmed.
A paludarium is only suitable for organisms living in the country as well as in the water, such as some frogs and toads and many turtles. Some types of lizards are fond of water and require a large water area, such as basilisken, anolissen and watergames. Some fish, such as lungfish, also prefer a land and water area. However, each animal species needs its own minimum area and the ratio of land to water is also very different. Many amphibians even have a p for hardness, acidity and of course temperature. Living caves living in caves need cool water, rain forest species have some higher temperatures. Also, in some animal species, it is necessary to find out if they survive a land area, for example, some turtles drown just in the smallest puddles, just like a large number of lizards. Many salamanders live only around the couple's time in the water and the rest of the year on the land.
Paludaria can be small enough to put on a closet, but in zoos, where crocodiles are kept for example, they are huge. A riparium is also a kind of paludarium, but boots a river and usually has a land area on the backside, and a water section on the front against the glass, often over the entire length.
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