You have a very interesting and educational hobby. I have never heard of anybody raising turtles. When I was 15 I raised butterflies and moths from caterpillars. It was fun and I still have those butterflies and moths, 34 years ago.
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Is this the kind of thing youāre aiming for?
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Yeah something like that, little bigger, and Iād like to house 3-4 toads, preferably females but wonāt be picky if I can find some, period. It looks like that kid has a vivarium which is what I wanted (actual living plants and whatnot, little ecosystem in a tub/tank), but I think I have to settle for fake for now. Iām planning to do the soaking dish in the middle, with some smooth river stones in it for steps, then a couple large smooth stones if they want to burrow next to something solid, and then on either end a fake plant that provides cover foliage so they can hide/burrow under it. If there is still room and it reasonably fits maybe this old ceramic pitcher I found from my childhood, turned on its side as a cave, but not sure yet if it would fit. Gonna do potting soil and eco earth mixed for substrate, should be soft and clumpy for them.
But yeah there is this whole thing, my people lol, weāre these people out there trying to keep weird pets and build makeshift habitats. There are some impressive kids on YouTube Iāve seen. Some that are just plain cute, this little kid is adorable, nasal voice and instructing on male vs female toads:
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Those are some cute toads. 
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Iād like to house 3-4 toads
I hope thereāll be enough room! The person in that video only seemed to have one toad. What if they all want to use their cave at the same time?
Thatās part of why I want to use foliage cover instead of cave(s). I donāt have a cave structure that is shaped and sized properly for the container that would allow 3+ toads in it, and I donāt want any āleft outā lol. So Iām going to do fake plants with foliage spread out and hanging over, so they can all burrow in the substrate under that.
Ah! Very clever! Like I said, you seem to know what youāre doing 
Sounds right. It might be a sub species. Itās pretty common where I live.
The eco earth shows up today, finally get to build the habitat today, wonāt be anything impressive, itās a budget habitat for sure, but Iām excited.
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