Hi Friends,
After a lot of search - finally found a few frogs for my Paludarium. These are 8 very tiny (about an inch and a half long) frogs and were caught from Banana Plantation Farms. I'm working on taking a few pics and posting them here to ID them and will post ASAP.
Meanwhile just wanted to request for some basic guidance on keep these beauties, as I've never kept Frogs before. Will be a great help if you friends can kindly guide me a little on these points -
1. How do I handle the frogs ? I mean is it ok to hold / take them in hand (if the situation arises). Is it dangerous to hold them ? People here commonly say that the frogs should not be taken in hand, because if the frog's fluids ( skin secretion / urine ) comes in contact with the human skin, it will cause permanent Boils / Ulcers / wounds / skin disease. Just wanted to know if this is really true or is it ok to pick them up sometimes.
2. Is there a way to determine if these are aquatic or semi-aquatic or terrestrial. I'm not able to have a close look at them as these guys seem to be very shy and are not moving atall. As soon as I released them in to the tank, they found hiding places and have completely disappeared. Only a few ( about 2 or 3 are visible ) but even they have not entered the waer yet. They seem to prefer to stick to the tank walls instead. They become almost flat / compressed against the tank walls. Does this mean that they're terrestrial tree frogs ?
3. I find that there are basically 2 types of frogs among these 8 guys. A few are mottled brown with a creamish colored vertical line on their back (dorsal side) - any chances of an id on these ? The others too look similar but the lack the attractive vertical cream line on their back.
Kindly help me regarding the above Friends - will bea great help to me. Will update the pics asap.
Thanks a lot !
Have a Wonderful day and keep smiling, Friends...
Regards and Care to all,
Kush
After a lot of search - finally found a few frogs for my Paludarium. These are 8 very tiny (about an inch and a half long) frogs and were caught from Banana Plantation Farms. I'm working on taking a few pics and posting them here to ID them and will post ASAP.
Meanwhile just wanted to request for some basic guidance on keep these beauties, as I've never kept Frogs before. Will be a great help if you friends can kindly guide me a little on these points -
1. How do I handle the frogs ? I mean is it ok to hold / take them in hand (if the situation arises). Is it dangerous to hold them ? People here commonly say that the frogs should not be taken in hand, because if the frog's fluids ( skin secretion / urine ) comes in contact with the human skin, it will cause permanent Boils / Ulcers / wounds / skin disease. Just wanted to know if this is really true or is it ok to pick them up sometimes.
2. Is there a way to determine if these are aquatic or semi-aquatic or terrestrial. I'm not able to have a close look at them as these guys seem to be very shy and are not moving atall. As soon as I released them in to the tank, they found hiding places and have completely disappeared. Only a few ( about 2 or 3 are visible ) but even they have not entered the waer yet. They seem to prefer to stick to the tank walls instead. They become almost flat / compressed against the tank walls. Does this mean that they're terrestrial tree frogs ?
3. I find that there are basically 2 types of frogs among these 8 guys. A few are mottled brown with a creamish colored vertical line on their back (dorsal side) - any chances of an id on these ? The others too look similar but the lack the attractive vertical cream line on their back.
Kindly help me regarding the above Friends - will bea great help to me. Will update the pics asap.
Thanks a lot !
Have a Wonderful day and keep smiling, Friends...
Regards and Care to all,
Kush