Frog List




LIST OF FROGS AND TOADS SUITED TO CAPTIVITY

Terrestrial Species

Barking Frog 2 cm (1 in)

Eleutherodactylus augusti

Vivarium 23 º C (73 º), shady and with hiding places; feed small insects.

Ornate Chorus Frog 2cm (1 in)

Pseudacris ornata

Moist vivarium, 27 ºc (80 ºF) densely planted and with mossy ground; feed small insects.

Strecker’s Chorus Frog 2cm (1 in)

Pseudacris streckeri

Moist vivarium, 27 ºc (80 ºF) densely planted, a smallpond can be provided; feed small insects.

Squirrel Tree Frog 2cm (1 in)

Hyla squirella

Tall vivarium. 27 ºC (80 ºF), with branches for climbing feed small insects and flies.

Lovely Poison Arrow Frog 2.5 cm (1 in)

Phyllobates lugubris

Tall vivarim, 27 º C (80 ºF), with dense vegetation and humid; feed small insects.

Yellow banded Poison Arrow Frog 2cm (1 in)

Dendrobates leucomelas

Tall vivarim, 27 º C (80 ºF), with vegetation and humid; feed small insects.

Green Poison Arrow Frog 3 cm (1 in)

Dendrobates auratus

Tall vivarium or greenhouse, 23 ºC (73 ºF) with branches for climbing dense vegetation; feed flies and other insects.

Pacific Tree Frog 3 cm (1 in)

Hyla regilla

Tall vivarium, 23 ºC (73 ºF), humid, planted well, add branches for climbing; feed flies and other insects.

Red-eyed Tree Frog 3 cm (1 in)

Agalychnis callidryas

Tall vivarium, 23 ºC (73 ºF), humid, planted well, add branches for climbing; feed flies and other insects.

Spring Peeper 3 cm (1 in)

Hyla crucifer

Tall vivarium, 23 ºC (73 ºF), densely planted and with bark and boughs; feed flied and other insects.

European Tree Frog 4 cm (2 in)

Hyla arborea

Tall vivarium, 23 º C(73 ºF), or greenhouse, with branches, and well planted; feed flies and other insects.

Grey Tree Frog 4 cm (2 in)

Hyla versicolor

Tall vivarium, 23 ºV (73ºF), or greenhouse, with branches; feed flies and other insects.

Reed Frogs 4 cm (2 in)

Hyperolius spp.

Tall, humid, vivarious, 25 ºC (77 ºF), with small pond, and densely planted; feed flies and other insects.

African Grey Tree Frog 5 cm (2 in)

Chiromantis xerampelina

Tall vivarium, 23 ºC 73 ºF). with branches for climbing and densely planted; feed flies and other insects.

Asian Bullfrog 7 cm (3 in)

Kaloula pulchra

Moist vivarium with stones and logs, 26 ºC (78 ºF), with mossy ground; feed large insects.

White’s Tree Frog 8cm (3 in)

Litoria caerulea

Tall vivarium, 27 ºC (80 ºF), well planted and with branches for climbing feed small piexes meat and large insects.

Asiatic Horned Toad 8cm (3 in)

Megophrys nasuta

Moist vivarium with hiding places, 24 ºC (75 ºF), with leafy ground; feed large insects

American Toad 8 cm (3 in)

Bufo americanus

Warm vivarium, 20 ºC (68 ºF), or greenhouse, with mossy ground and hiding places; feed small pieces of meat, large insects, larvae and earthworms.

Green Toad 8cm (3 in)

Bufo viridis

Moist vivarium, cool, with cover and sandy ground; feed insects and larvae.

Western Toad 10 cm (4 in)

Bufo boreas

Vivarium, cool, with mossy ground and some cover; feed insects and larvae and small pieces of meat.

European Common Toad

12 cm (5 in)

Bufo bufo

Vivarium, cool, with stones and logs for cover; feed insects, maggots, small pieces of meat.

Aquatic Frog Species

Dwarf Clawed Toad 3 cm (1 in)

Hymenochirus boettgeri

Aquarium, 23 ºC (74 ºF), shady; feed worms, maggots, pieces of meat and fish.

Clawed Toad 12 cm (5 in)

Xenopus laevis

Aquarium, 23 ºC (74 ºF), with pebbles; feed worms, pieces of meat and fish.

Surinam Toad 15 cm (6 in)

Pipa pipa

Aquarium, 28 ºC (83 ºF), well planted; fed fish and pieces of meat.

Semi-aquatic Species

Fire-bellied Toad 4 cm (2 in)

Bombina bombina

Aquarium, cool, with islands and floating plants. Provide refuges for this shy species; feed insects and small pieces of meat.

Yellow-bellied Toad 4 cm (2 in)

Bombina variegata

Aquarium, cool, with islands and hiding places, or treat as terrestrial (vivarium with bark and moss); feed on insects and small pieces of meat.

Oriental Fire-bellied Toad 6cm (2 1/2 in)

Bombina orientalis

Aquarium, cool, with hiding places or treat a terrestrial (vivarium with bark and moss); feed insects and small pieces of meat.

Painted Frog 6 cm (2 i/2 in)

Discoglossus pictus

Aquarium, cool, with plenty of shelter and rocky and mossy islands; feed small fish and insects.

European Common Frog 8cm (3 in)

Rana temporaria

Aquarium, cool, with plenty of shelter and rocky and mossy islands; feed small fish and insects.

Leopard Frog 8cm (3 in)

Rana pipiens

Aquarium, cool, with some islands; feed insects.

Marsh Frog 10 cm (4 in)

Rana ridibunda

Aquarium, cool, planted with pebbles; feed insects and earthworms.

Bullfrog 20 cm (8 in)

Rana catesbiana

Large vivarium, cool, planted and with loose soil, pond also, with floating plants; feed fish. Pieces of meat, insects, and earthworms.

African Bullfrog 20 cm (8 in)

Pyxicephalus adspersus

Vivarium, cool, with loose mossy ground; also pond; feed pieces of meat, insects, and earthworms.


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