vincent
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Right for those who have read the previous posting on breeding HYLA VERISCOLOR here is an update.The young female now 12mths old spawned again on Tuesday in a small plastic tank 12x8x8 inches. The old female that I have had for over six years ,the condition of her developing tadpoles is as follows wellover 50% are deformed with bent tails or no front limbs some have come onto land with no front limbs or limbs that have not been able to break through the skin
however the remainder of the tads look healthy and two look like they are ready to complete metamorphis into frogs .I have not had this problem with any other amphibs so it is not diet related or water quality. Ringing people up who have far greater experiance and success than myself ,the opinion is that the female is coming to the end of her breeding span I got her as a wild caught adult.The trouble is females are so hard to get that you use them more than once and fertility must decrease as they get older ,so I would recommend that after 4 years old you dont use them .However how do you know the age of wild caught.:smile:
however the remainder of the tads look healthy and two look like they are ready to complete metamorphis into frogs .I have not had this problem with any other amphibs so it is not diet related or water quality. Ringing people up who have far greater experiance and success than myself ,the opinion is that the female is coming to the end of her breeding span I got her as a wild caught adult.The trouble is females are so hard to get that you use them more than once and fertility must decrease as they get older ,so I would recommend that after 4 years old you dont use them .However how do you know the age of wild caught.:smile: