[mantisdragon91]

They were all piled up on a branch, had to share... JVK

nice any luck breeding yours?

 

[mantisdragon91]

Four, I'm pretty sure I have a female though. I'm keeping them drier because last year I had one drop dead overnight in a humid tank. Then the rest developed bacterial infections. I can't really describe the call, I think there's one on Amphibia Web. I keep them well ventilated on paper towels and fake plants. Their tank is really ugly I have a big waterbowl that holds a gallon of water. Once a week I empty it, fill it with a bit of water, pop in the microwave till boiling, wipe it out, and fill it with fresh water. They crawl in there nightly and exchange fluids etc.

I really love these frogs, they're even kinda friendly In the wild they breed in piss-filled buffalo/rhino wallows. The tadpoles have the wood-grain look too. Roman mentioned he thinks they may dwell in tree holes in the wild, thus the casque and the wood grain skin. Makes sense to me, mine have a weird, kinda "humped up" look to them when sleeping, as if they "want" to be crammed in a crevice or something. JVK

I actually keep mine in a screen cage hooked up to a misting system that goes of twice a day for 30 seconds. If you put a small corkbark tube with an entrance circumference of three inches or less I can almost guarantee some or all will cram themselves in it during the day with just the head sticking out.

 

[mantisdragon91]

I really dig their patterning, kind of like Hypsiboas calcaratus but way cooler. So it sounds like maybe their heads function similarly to Triprions? Will they take worms (specifically waxworms) or do they prefer faster moving food like crickets/roaches? Ugly sterile tanks mos def suck, but they are worth putting up with to stabilize cool stuff like these guys.

In 18 months of keeping them I have yet to see them feed since mine are completely nocturnal. Have never tried worms but the crikets and roaches seem to disapear quickly enough. I wouldn't recommend keepig them in a sterile tank at all. Mine are housed in a 16"by16" by 30" screen cage heavily planted with a large water dish(which they do utilize judging by the poops) several bushy plants that are planted in the substrate of the cage and several pieces of corkbark.