My Tree Toads

[Cam]

Know by some as Tree Toads, known to the rest of us as Grey Tree Frogs

As some of you know, I attempted to breed them this year. It was unsucessful. I will have to build a rain chamber for next spring and try again. I thought I could get them to breed by brumating them, introducing them to an enclosure with a large water feater in the spring, and frequent mistings. I think the mist just wasn't enough. The males did a fair amount of calling, and I even caught a pair in amplux once, but nothing came of it.

Anyway, here are some updated photos of my wet-skinned compadres.


^ Relaxing over the pond :P This water feature takes up 90% of the bottom ground space and it appox. 12 inches deep with twigs and other stuff for the tree frogs to hang onto. There is an aquarium bubble stone in the bottom to keep the water moving and fresh. Water is changed every week or so.




^ Sorry for the blurry photo. You can only take so many shots when attempting to pose 5 hungry hippos in a row XD












^ This is what a grey tree frog does when (s)he wants to shed skin. They inflate themselves and then do a bunch of funny contortions until their skin comes loose. Then they kinda "step" out of it and eat it with a lot of strange looking gulping motions. It is actually alarming the first time you see it.








^ Here you can see the surface of their large water feature. It is probably about a foot deep (12 inches). Lot of twigs and stuff in there for them to hang onto.

My froggy five will graduate to the slimy six tonight. A friend of mine has lost interest in his tree frogs (a grey and a red-eye). I told him I'd take the grey tree frog off his hands.

Hope you enjoyed my photos

[Austin]

Beautiful specimens man. Nice setups too!

[eminem]

whoa! that is the coolest thing ive seen all day!

[Cam]

Originally Posted by DeCypher

Beautiful specimens man. Nice setups too!

Originally Posted by eminem

whoa! that is the coolest thing ive seen all day!

Thanks guys!

[ajr104]

Nice frogs, very healthy looking (I like my frogs to be on the fatter side

[mark jacobs]

hello, nice tank, do you know what species you have as i think they are mixed between versicolor and chyrsocellis.

[Cam]

Originally Posted by ajr104

Nice frogs, very healthy looking (I like my frogs to be on the fatter side

Thanks :) My frogs get fed probably more than they should, but they beg like they're starving! :P

Originally Posted by exotics

hello, nice tank, do you know what species you have as i think they are mixed between versicolor and chyrsocellis.

No, I don't know for sure what they are. I agree with you, I think I have a mix which may be why my breeding efforts failed this past spring. I do not know how to tell the difference. I wish someone could tell me which was which, but so far no one has been able to give me a definite answer.

[Kaiseric]

You can only differentiate by the call it makes, no?

[Cam]

Originally Posted by Linus

You can only differentiate by the call it makes, no?

That's what I've always heard, but that doesn't really help with the females who make no noises :-\ The calls I've heard sounded to my untrained ear like Cope's Grey Tree Frogs.

[Karen aka mshine1217]

Cam, that is a great set up. They look so happy and content. Thanks for sharing.

[Cam]

Originally Posted by mshine1217

Cam, that is a great set up. They look so happy and content. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you :) I like to believe they are content. They never jump out of their tank when I open the door, they just face me and wait to be fed XD

[Kaysie]

When the two species are calling together, it's easy to tell them apart. The chrysoselis call is slower, if I remember right.

[Cam]

Originally Posted by Kaysie

When the two species are calling together, it's easy to tell them apart. The chrysoselis call is slower, if I remember right.

So there is no way to tell with the females, since they do not call?

[Kaysie]

Other than which mate they choose, barring genetic testing, I don't think so.

[Cam]

Originally Posted by Kaysie

Other than which mate they choose, barring genetic testing, I don't think so.

That's what I was afraid of Maybe one of these days I'll fork over some money to have DNA test done. Not anytime soon, though haha