My Frogs

Zack, I've heard lots about Justin from a few other local frog people, but I haven't been able to meet him yet. I am supposed to once he comes back from Panama, though. Do you know him?

 

Oh ok. From what I've been told, he has a very nice collection of warmer growing Pleuros as well as some cool frogs.

 

Thought I'd update this with a few new pictures. This is an Oophaga pumilio "Almirantw". I have two froglets in a the 20H tank in the third picture from post 17 of this thread. I'll try to get a picture of the tank up later to show how much it's grown in a very short amount of time. I only got good pictures of one of the frogs. The other's hiding out in the Selaginella at the top of the tank. This one's legs are grayish and the other one has navy blue legs. One interesting thing about this genus is the mother lays unfertilized eggs for the tadpoles to eat (Oophaga means egg eater).

 

Jon I just looked up a few of your old frog posts. Those sylvatica you had were awesome. I really like the less common Oophaga species and I've never seen any like yours before. I've seen a couple of the histrionicus morphs in person and the're spectacular looking frogs. I only wish they were a little more common and a little less expensive.

Kelly I plan on getting these guys breeding once they mature, so if you ever want to give them a try, I'm sure I can work out a deal for plants or something.

 

Just thought I'd update this thread since I have a new inhabitant in one of my tanks. This is Oophaga pumilio "Cristobal". It's the same species as my Almirantes, but it is found on a different island off the coast of Panama.

 

Marni, I'd imagine you could design a pretty awesome tank for these guys with all the awesome Pleurothallids you grow The word(s) in quotes signify the locale these frogs are found in the wild. Hybrids and even mixing of locales are highly frowned upon in this hobby in an effort to keep these as close to wild type as possible.

Many of these species are highly variable in color, marking, size, etc as you move from locale to locale, so the names are just a way to differentiate between the areas. Many of the words are the actual place they are found (El Cope, San Cristobal, Bastimentos), but others are just trade names that importers gave to a certain colored frog (El Dorado).

 

Frogs in the greenhouse are good! They take care of many of the pest insects for our plants. I have a small colony of greenhouse frogs in mine and they sound start to call like crazy after the sprinkler goes off.

 

Thought I'd update this thread with a few more pictures:

 

Tom, yes a few have begun to breed. The ones pictured first and last have tadpoles riding on their backs waiting to be deposited in a water source.

Ricardo, the red-headed one is truly amazing. I have four in a tank, and they're like little flashes running across the leaves and branches. It's really cool that those color patterns occur naturally. I couldn't imagine living in an area with that many frogs! I'm doing some herp sampling at a local site, and the chorus frogs and spring peepers are deafening after rain on a warm night.