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    Today, someone in the floral department at the whole foods I work at had this little frog leap from a bouquet of flowers, and somehow they caught it. After a few hours of exchanging owners in a little plastic container it landed in my hands and I decided to take it home for a better life(hopefully). However, I have no idea what kind of frog it is, nor could the workers a the petco nearest to me help identify it. He gave me a sort of shotgun strategy of taking care of it(soil, worms, maintain high humidity). While that might be okay, it also might really NOT be okay so any assistance in identifying him would be awesome.

    No idea where the flowers came from, and asking around no one knew either. He(maybe she?) is about an inch long, a pale sort of yellow, with very light brown spots on him(maybe her??). I have a picture of poor quality because all i have at the moment is my phone:



    Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out. And hopefully I can contribute to the community eventually. =]

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    Default Re: Could use some help(also an intro thread)

    Hard to tell from the picture but I think it looks like a Cuban Tree Frog. Have a look at these pictures and let me know if it looks the same...
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    Default Re: Could use some help(also an intro thread)

    Looks very similar, but my frog has 4 toes.

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    Default Re: Could use some help(also an intro thread)

    Welcome aboard. It's most likely a Cuban trrefrog, they are often stow-a-ways in produce, house plant, and flower shipments coming from Florida.

    Regardless of species you can care for it like any treefrog, see the gray or White's treefrog articles for care info.
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    Welcome. Cuban treefrogs have particularly large toepads.
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