Can anyone tell me about frogs :)?

[FAIL]

I'm looking to get into some sort of frog. It will be my first frog, but i figure it couldn't be near as hard to take care of a frog as it is a cham . What species should I go with. I'm trying to choose between Whites Tree Frog, Red Eye Tree Frog, and The PACMAN frog . Going for the most interesting.

 

[OldSkoolxReasons]

Get vietnamese mossy frogs. They are very hardy and a super amazing frog. Look them up and let me know. I can give you all the care requirements for them. I have kept all types of frogs for years except the more common ones like the three you mentioned. The exotic ones get my eyes. Dart frogs are fairly cheap now too and easier than chams to care for. Waxy monkey tree frgs are neat as well. The only problem with red eyes is they stick in one spot all day and only move at night generally unless disturbed.


Justin

 

[sandrachameleon]

I'm looking to get into some sort of frog. It will be my first frog, but i figure it couldn't be near as hard to take care of a frog as it is a cham . What species should I go with. I'm trying to choose between Whites Tree Frog, Red Eye Tree Frog, and The PACMAN frog . Going for the most interesting.

I have whites tree frogs. Easy enough to care for. Fun looking. Will put up with a little handling (though I try not to bug mine). The males do croak a bit in the evening, especially in spring time. They are primarily active at night. They are a good size. They will over-eat if you let them.

Red Eyes can be a bit more trouble, Im told. I do not have any.

Pacman is a joy to look at, I think. Relatively hardy. A good size frog. They will over-eat if you let them. They'll even try to eat things too big to swallow (dont give them this opportunity if you want to keep the frog alive)

I am especially fond of Mantella and PDF frogs, but they are perhaps not best for beginners. I guess some are much easier/harder than others. Certainly they Look great. They are small. Mine sound a bit like crickets, now and then.

 

[WinstonChrchll]

I have only had experience with Pacman frogs, and I loved them! They aren't an animal to have if you enjoy especially active pets though. They tend to find a spot and stay there. Mine didn't move much for food either. He would wait for it to wander close enough >.<
They are relatively easy to keep as well and are very hardy. The only precautions to take with them really is making sure their environment is really clean as they are very susceptible to bacteria and dirt (as are all frogs) and to make sure you dont overfeed them.
Other than that great pets!

 

[ballin]

red eyes are awesome! beutiful and relitevily easy to care for.
are you sure you want tree frogs and not aqautic/terrestrial types?

 

[Dean Pulcini]

Go here www.Dendroboard.com for some reason it wont link so just type it in.
Dean

 

[AReptile]

Pacman frogs are known to bite, and don't move around a lot. If you want a frog that can be handled the 3 you mentioned aren't good for that. I've had many tree frogs and they try to escape any chance you give them.

 

[FAIL]

that mossy frog looks awesome! lol. any more suggestions? I like the way tree frogs look, and they are relatively cheap, but are the mossy frogs ok to handle?

 

[james L]

you shouldnt handle any amphibians, but if you must I would say get some sort of CB tree frog, maybe a dumpys tree frog. They get big and are fairly easy to care for from what ive gathered.

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

Here is my football uh I mean frog

 

[chams1]

Ryan, I LOVE that last picture! I can almost hear him saying...."man, do I have to put up with this humiliation??...."

 

[fluxlizard]

I have a group of red eyes. And my son has some dart frogs and whites.

The red-eyes are neat, but they are only active in darkness- as soon as I turn on the lights in the room to look at them, they stop moving and go back to sleep within a couple of minutes!

I have some green toads (bufo viridis) and they are my favorite frogish thing I have ever kept. They are brave- don't hide, active during the day, and loads of fun to feed. They are very inexpensive too.

I'll second the mossy frogs and also I saw some waxy monkey frogs once and they were really cool.

 

[kinyonga]

The waxy monkey tree frogs are unique in that they can live in hot dry areas since they spread wax all over their bodies.

 

[sandrachameleon]

you shouldnt handle any amphibians, but if you must I would say get some sort of CB tree frog, maybe a dumpys tree frog. They get big and are fairly easy to care for from what ive gathered.

I believe these are the same as the Whites tree frog.

 

[james L]

Just looked that up sandracham, and you are right!

 

[Zen Reptiles]

You might want to consider a larger species of dart frog like

Dendrobates tinctorius 'Suriname Cobalt'
or Phyllobates terribilis or P. bicolor

They are larger dart frogs and have a lot of personality, make VERY interesting pets, care for their own tadpoles (most of the time), and are cheap to maintain as you would just need to make one or two fruit fly and/or bean weevil cultures every 10 days or so to keep a small number of frogs.

Tree frogs can be quite boring, I have a group of red eyes, I've had White's tree frogs, and some others, and they have always been very, very, very boring (I always end up selling them cause they are so boring).

If that's your thing, then cool, some people love them. Red eyes recently got put onto the endangered list so you won't see too many more around in the next few years, so if you can start breeding them then GREAT.

Dart frogs are just interesting, diurnal, very active, always visible if you get a bigger species, beautifully colored, easy to keep (tree frogs are harder to keep than darts, if you have the right setup).

Plus it also gets you into the world of plants, there are lots of neat plants you can put into vivariums, even glowing mushrooms!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/photogalleries/glowing-fungi/