What should my New Pet Amphibian Be?

[reptinut]

These six frogs are on my final list. Out of them, I can purchase two species. I would like everyones opinion as to which two to take.

 

[Palor]

The Mossy frogs are great pets.

 

[Holly12]

I think the tomato frogs are awesome I have one and still young but very cool and eats really well so I go with a tomato frog.

 

[leoman777]

i would get the waxy mokey tree frogs but i hear they are RARE ive only seen six in person lol and ive talked to people about them and they say they are hard to find

 

[reptinut]

Waxys aren't that hard to find, but Giant waxys are.

 

[JordanAng420]

Tomato frogs are GREAT, I have quite a few clients that are pleased with them.

 

[Tony C]

Red eyes are a blast, especially if you get a decent sized group with several males. Which Tiger leg are you looking at, P. hypocondrialis or P. tomopterna? I keep P. hypocondrialis and love them too, they are very vocal frogs.

 

[emmagecko]

arent red eyed tree frog's hard to care for?

 

[Tony C]

Not at all. They got a bad rep years ago when poorly treated imports were the only frogs available, but if you start with a healthy, captive bred or well established import frog they are pretty much bullet proof.

 

[emmagecko]

see when I was younger my mom called the reptile store and asked about red eyed tree frog's and if they had them (back then they were my fav ).they said they didn't because they couldn't keep them alive for very long.

 

[reptinut]

A decade or so, most all red eyed tree forgs were available as imports. Im looking at P. hypocondrialis.

 

[Tony C]

I love my hypocondrialis, they are noisy little buggers. The key to success with them is keeping them dry and warm. I keep mine on dry cypress mulch, with daytime temps around 85, and never mist them. They take in all the water they need from their dish.

 

[reptinut]

Warm eh? I've heard that Phyllomedusa like lower humidity levels then most frogs, but warm conditions? What temperature do you suggest?

 

[Tony C]

I keep mine at 85-90 during the day and 75-80 at night during the warm season, and cool them by 10 degrees for the winter.

 

[reptinut]

Wow..thats a bit of stretch for me. I live in upstate New York. Would an overall temperature of 75-80 in the warm months and 65-75 in the cool months be satisfactory?

 

[Tony C]

That's lower than I would be comfortable with. It shouldn't be that hard to heat them though, I use a 4 watt heat pad on the back of the tank, which keeps it around 80, and the heat from their lighting gives off enough heat to kick it up high enough during the day. If your room is cold you may need to step up to an 8 watt pad.

 

[reptinut]

I read somewhere that lights are preferable over heat pads...is that true?

 

[Tony C]

Generally lights are better, but my hypocondrialis are very sensitive to light at night, they will go back to sleep if they see any trace of light, even the "invisible" red or black night bulbs. That is why I use a heat pad as their primary heat source and lighting only for the daytime boost in temps.

 

[Ian S.]

Waxy monkey's are just the coolest. They have that.... "don't mess with me I'm a grumpy harmless mean old man look."