Frog List
LIST OF FROGS AND TOADS SUITED TO CAPTIVITY
Terrestrial Species
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Barking Frog 2 cm (1 in) Eleutherodactylus augusti |
Vivarium 23 º C (73 º), shady and with hiding places; feed small insects. |
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Ornate Chorus Frog 2cm (1 in) Pseudacris ornata |
Moist vivarium, 27 ºc (80 ºF) densely planted and with mossy ground; feed small insects. |
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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. |
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Squirrel Tree Frog 2cm (1 in) Hyla squirella |
Tall vivarium. 27 ºC (80 ºF), with branches for climbing feed small insects and flies. |
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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. |
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Yellow banded Poison Arrow Frog 2cm (1 in) Dendrobates leucomelas |
Tall vivarim, 27 º C (80 ºF), with vegetation and humid; feed small insects. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Grey Tree Frog 4 cm (2 in) Hyla versicolor |
Tall vivarium, 23 ºV (73ºF), or greenhouse, with branches; feed flies and other insects. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Asian Bullfrog 7 cm (3 in) Kaloula pulchra |
Moist vivarium with stones and logs, 26 ºC (78 ºF), with mossy ground; feed large insects. |
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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. |
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Asiatic Horned Toad 8cm (3 in) Megophrys nasuta |
Moist vivarium with hiding places, 24 ºC (75 ºF), with leafy ground; feed large insects |
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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. |
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Green Toad 8cm (3 in) Bufo viridis |
Moist vivarium, cool, with cover and sandy ground; feed insects and larvae. |
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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. |
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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
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Dwarf Clawed Toad 3 cm (1 in) Hymenochirus boettgeri |
Aquarium, 23 ºC (74 ºF), shady; feed worms, maggots, pieces of meat and fish. |
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Clawed Toad 12 cm (5 in) Xenopus laevis |
Aquarium, 23 ºC (74 ºF), with pebbles; feed worms, pieces of meat and fish. |
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Surinam Toad 15 cm (6 in) Pipa pipa |
Aquarium, 28 ºC (83 ºF), well planted; fed fish and pieces of meat. |
Semi-aquatic Species
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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European Common Frog 8cm (3 in) Rana temporaria |
Aquarium, cool, with plenty of shelter and rocky and mossy islands; feed small fish and insects. |
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Leopard Frog 8cm (3 in) Rana pipiens |
Aquarium, cool, with some islands; feed insects. |
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Marsh Frog 10 cm (4 in) Rana ridibunda |
Aquarium, cool, planted with pebbles; feed insects and earthworms. |
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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. |
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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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