Hello

[vince]

Hello everyone ,my name is Vince,
Ex fireman nearly 50 yrs old very keen on keeping frogs I have just come over from Caudata, my main interests are European tree-frogs my main success are Hyla Arborea this year but I have HYLA JAPONICA and HYLA SAVIGNYA also breed BOMBINAS VARIGATA ORIENTALIS also breed HYLA VERSICOLOR ,I' still trying to get my BUFO VIRIDIS to do something other than eat

[Paul Rust]

Welcome to FrogForum Vince. I look forward to learning from your experience.

[hyla]

Welcome, post some pics of your collection when you can, we love the pictures!

[Ebony]

Hi there Vince and welcome to the forum

[Jace]

Welcome to the Forum-and I second the pictures idea!!

[Kurt]

Welcome aboard.

[nana]

Hiya hunny and welcome to the forums I have europeans they are stunning little cuties

[vince]

hiya , well you asked for pictures and i am going to give you pictures





































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so there you go we have many more aswell this is just a snippet :L

[1beataway]

It looks like you have some nice setups.

[John]

Welcome Vince. I love those Bufo viridis (right?).

[Skulldroog]

Welcome to the forums. See you around.

Nice pictures.

[vince]

On the picks some were a bit out of focus sorry, this is a list of what I have at the moment
frogs and toads bufo viridis
bombina- orientalis-varigata
hyla- versicolor- arborea japonica and slavingya
40 rana lessonae tads
odds and sods 1 male whites tree-frog
1 male tomato frog
1male barking treefrog
newts/ salamanders 20 italian crested newts
30 alpine newts
2 tiger salamanders
30 sharp ribbed salamanders
5 marbled newts
Hissing cockroaches Peruvian leaf cockroaches Giant cave cockroaches BlapticaDubai African lined mantids Jungle Nymph Giant thorny stick insects,4 slow-worms a tortoise a terrapin one very large dog a cat and a budgie I really need to get out MORE

[1beataway]

On the picks some were a bit out of focus sorry, this is a list of what I have at the moment
frogs and toads bufo viridis
bombina- orientalis-varigata
hyla- versicolor- arborea japonica and slavingya
40 rana lessonae tads
odds and sods 1 male whites tree-frog
1 male tomato frog
1male barking treefrog
newts/ salamanders 20 italian crested newts
30 alpine newts
2 tiger salamanders
30 sharp ribbed salamanders
5 marbled newts
Hissing cockroaches Peruvian leaf cockroaches Giant cave cockroaches BlapticaDubai African lined mantids Jungle Nymph Giant thorny stick insects,4 slow-worms a tortoise a terrapin one very large dog a cat and a budgie I really need to get out MORE

What do you do in your spare time?

That is quite an impressive list.

[Kurt]

Your tomato looks female to me.

[1beataway]

Your tomato looks female to me.

How can you tell?

[Kurt]

She's wearing lipstick.

Seriously, females are orange and males are yellow.

[vince]

She's wearing lipstick.

Seriously, females are orange and males are yellow.

yea but i had 2 but one died and they were in amplexus but the male drowned the female , and it calls

[Kurt]

So, maybe it is male or it somehow it is female laden with testosterone. According to the books females are red, violets are blue, and males are yellow. In my group of tomatoes, there are three red/orange females and one yellow male, who is half the size of the females. Last Christmas, I tried breeding them unsuccessfully. The male was all gung ho, but the females had other ideas. Didn't get much sleep those nights.

[vince]

So, maybe it is male or it somehow it is female laden with testosterone. According to the books females are red, violets are blue, and males are yellow. In my group of tomatoes, there are three red/orange females and one yellow male, who is half the size of the females. Last Christmas, I tried breeding them unsuccessfully. The male was all gung ho, but the females had other ideas. Didn't get much sleep those nights.

Yes he definitely is a male I had a trio the female was massive and very red but they were in amplexus for 3 weeks on and off the noise wasnt that bad but alas the female was found dead in the water with the male still in amplexus .He gets a very dark chin when he gets himself
going, the other male was even redder but he died after a cricket bit him on the eye and it became infected, a big advantage of feeding roaches they dont bite your animals The new practical reptile mag did an article on breeding tomatoes,in a nutshell shallow water about 4cm of water use a spray bar for afew hoursat a time DON'T HAVE TOO DEEP WATER AS IT IS VERY COMMON FOR THE FEMALE TO DROWN

[Kurt]

What magazine was this?