I have 3 Pacific Tree frogs, and so far I have been able to identify that 2 of the 3 are definitely male (huge black pouches and they sing a LOT) but my first frog is quite a bit smaller than the other two, and it's belly is a solid cream color.
Could someone help me out here and confirm or deny my sneaking suspicions that my Francois is really a girl?
How old is Francois? And is s/he the same age as the others?
I'm not sure. All of my babies are wild caught. We found Francois on our doorstep- about to be squished by my fiance's shoe- in the middle of a really cold storm. He (for all intensive purposes I am just gonna call him a he for now because switching between is too confusing) was huddled in a tiny ball on our doormat. I thought he was dead at first, so I thought I would bring him inside and give him a little froggy burial. Nothing should have to be squished underfoot like that. Plus, I was worried about the vicious Labrador that lives next door to us- if he was alive, and that lab found him... I shudder to think what would have happened.
My other two PCF's are a LOT bigger than Francois. Gaston is at least a head bigger, and Pierre is about 2x the size of Gaston. I figure that Francois must be a baby still. However, Pierre and Gaston both have HUGE black pouches and they sing all the time. I figure since Francois' neck is a solid cream, he must be a she!
Sounds to me like you either have a juvenile or a Francine
Mom to these fine frogs!
4.4.0 White's tree frogs (Litoria caerulea): Sir Honey Lime, Bok & Choi, Martha, Shirley, Leapin' Loo and Ping & Pong; 0.2.1 Amazon Milk Frogs (Trachycephalus resinifictrix): Otto & Echo and Pip-Squeak aka Tiny
2.0.0 South American Bird Poo Frogs (Hyla marmorata): Ribbit & Rupert
It's still very possible that Francois is a he, especially for how small s/he is. I raised my frogs from tiny tadpoles and have two WC that I rescued. All of them started out with cream throats and were roughly the same size. Then one day, I started hearing one of them start to call. He still had a white throat and it was very faint and all you could see was a little bubble. Then over time they got louder and louder and his pouch became more and more pronounced
I've noticed the same thing with WTFs.
Mom to these fine frogs!
4.4.0 White's tree frogs (Litoria caerulea): Sir Honey Lime, Bok & Choi, Martha, Shirley, Leapin' Loo and Ping & Pong; 0.2.1 Amazon Milk Frogs (Trachycephalus resinifictrix): Otto & Echo and Pip-Squeak aka Tiny
2.0.0 South American Bird Poo Frogs (Hyla marmorata): Ribbit & Rupert
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