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    Default Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    After finally managing to persuade my Clowns to spawn, I thought a photo development thread might be fun

    The adults:



    Spawn laid on August 1st:







    Tadpoles develop over 2-3 days:











    Tadpoles free-swimming after 3 days:





    At 7 days the clown stripes have developed!





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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    Such a beautiful species of frog, and the pics of the development of the tads are just amazing. I have also been following your thread on the red eyes and I would like to say thank you for shareing your experience through the photos with us. These threads with the pics should be turned into an article for some kind of nature magazine.

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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    Great thread! You took some fantastic images there. Thank you for sharing!
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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    Thanks guys, hope it will prove of interest, it's my understanding that these don't get bred in captivity too often so with any luck (and all being well!) it might be useful reference.

    The tadpoles have doubled in size since hatching, here's some perspective

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    I agree, I have both Red Eye and Clown. Awesome job [emoji179]


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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    awesome. i love the Clowns. Good Luck!!
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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    Omigosh they are so tiny! How big do adults get to be?
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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    Quote Originally Posted by irThumper View Post
    Omigosh they are so tiny! How big do adults get to be?
    Here's a hefty female next to the same pen

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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    That is SO neat!!!! I am thinking about clowns as my next species. Seeing this just makes me want them even more!! Congratulations on your success!!

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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    Quote Originally Posted by Diver View Post
    Here's a hefty female next to the same pen

    Soo, about the size of my adult female Hyla Cinerea?

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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    Yes, they'd be of a similar size although I haven't kept cinerea for a while, from memory they are perhaps a little bigger. Fellow Hylids though, Clowns used to be called Hyla leucophllata.
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    Fantastic thread, and fantastic breeding job. Congratulations!

    I've got 7 clowns, recently acquired, and am getting ready to set up their permanent home soon. All of them are males, unfortunately, so I will need to get hold of some ladies, and find new homes for some of the boys before I can begin thinking of trying to breed them.

    Hope you'll post some more pics, especially ones showing the size dif between male and female. You might also think about writing up a care sheet for the species, especially given your success with breeding, and because they're such cool frogs that more people should be keeping.
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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    At 5 weeks now and the growth rates have been very variable. The largest now have their back legs:









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    And the first guy is out!



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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    What a cute little bugger, and good job. It must feel so good to have success and be able to watch these little guys morph into frogs in person.

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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    Sorry to double post, Diver are the clowns and Redeyes that you bred in your other thread your first attempt at breeding?

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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    Hi Cory, thanks for your kind words on the thread No, I've been keeping reptiles and amphibians since 1978 so have bred a few in that time, however this is the first time that I have bred the Clown Tree Frog. Central and South American tree frogs are where my interests lie these days and I have captive breeding projects on the go for all of the species in my signature. I hope that more captive breeding = less demand for individuals taken from the wild.
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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    Aww, cute! The second picture looks like he is made out of cookies and crème ice cream!

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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    At nearly 3 weeks out of the water:

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    Default Re: Life cycle of the Clown Tree Frog (Dendropsophus leucophyllatus)

    I don't know what colour I like more, this nice greyish colour or the orange. Both ways they are very nice looking frogs. Do any ever stay this grey colour or do they all always turn the orange/red colour?

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