Agalychnis callidryas

[ViperJr]

Thanks alot everyone! They're still in amplexus and have been the entire night and the entire day. So tonight they get another shot at producing some eggs. Fingers crossed everyone!

[flybyferns]

Thanks alot everyone! They're still in amplexus and have been the entire night and the entire day. So tonight they get another shot at producing some eggs. Fingers crossed everyone!

Hi Martin
Wow! I'm so exited for you.
I'm sure you will let us know as soon as it happens !
What would hand out when eggs hatch?-chocolate covered crickets
Lynn

[ViperJr]

Urgh, I don't deal with hellspawn (aka crickets). Chocolate cover Dubias on the other hand!

[flybyferns]

Urgh, I don't deal with hellspawn (aka crickets). Chocolate cover Dubias on the other hand!

Whatever floats your boat !!

[ViperJr]

A little update of what's happening in the love chamber:
The male have departed from the females back, after sitting on her for a little over 24 hours. She is actually sleeping now (it's almost 2 AM here, so she "shouldn't"). I don't think they laid any eggs, but she is very much smaller than what she was when he was on her. Like, half her size. I'll have to do a thorough search tomorrow for any possible eggs.
The male however, is obviously not satisfied... He still calls constantly while moving around to find the perfect place, and often from the highest points in the tank (where he seldom is normally). So, if they did not lay any eggs, they still have a few days to produce. I reeeeeeaaaaaaally hope they do...

A few pictures of le sexy time:

[Heatheranne]

Lol! Awe! A little love making. I hope you'll have offspring soon .

[ViperJr]

It is with great sadness I say that this breeding atempt is basically over without any eggs at all. We originally planned to keep the breeding season going this night and the next, but it's quite clear that it's over already. The male have completly stopped calling like he did during the first day (you can easilly tell when they're calling for mating and when not). All in all, we saw them in amplexus three times over the last few days, where the first time lasted over 24 hours. Still, no eggs were laid
I'm not sure what went wrong. Perhaps the waterpart is too small, perhaps they did not have good spots enough to lay eggs, perhaps the dry season was to short. Perhaps it just didn't happen for natural reasons. Whatever it is, we're going to try again in a few months (2 or so), with som small adjustments to increase the chances of offspring.
Of course we're really bummed out about this, but we at least we have the experince of trying it, so we can make it even better next time.

Thanks everyone for keeping your fingers crossed for us!

[Heatheranne]

It was with great effort on your part. Perhaps next time. Keep up the good spirits! You've done a great job!

[ViperJr]

Until the next breeding attempt (or until anything exiting happens), this will pretty much be a place where I show you guys pictures of the frogs, since I don't have much else to report right now.

Finally got a picture of the vocal sac. He is not calling in the exact moment I took the picture, but he did a few seconds before and a few minutes after:

[flybyferns]

Martin,
Wow ! There are sure lots of views on this thread!
All the photos are great .
Lynn

[Heatheranne]

He's cute! Great picture.

[ViperJr]

Just want everyone to know that we are currently having the second breeding attempt. This time. the dry season was longer, and we made a real rain chamber. Hopefully, this will do the trick. If not, we'll just have to keep improving our methods until next attempt. Everyone, keep your fingers crossed!





Also, there will be some more pictures of the frogs tomorrow (some time ago since I updated this thread, unfortunately), if anyone is interested

[Niels D]

Good luck. Hope it will work!

[Raya]

That rainchamber looks great! Hope it works out better this time and ends in some offspring for you.
Getting more and more interested in starting a project like this myself. It sounds like alot of fun

Keep us posted!

[ViperJr]

Thanks Niels D and Raya! I got to say that it's looking grim, as the rain period is coming to it's end in a few days, and still no eggs. I'm hoping for some last minute egg-laying, but I don't think that will happen.
Raya, you should start one of your own breeding projects! We need more frogs in the country


Three new pictures to show (or "new" rather. They are from a few weeks back, but I never uploaded them):

Female:





Male, filled with water from a recent soak... That's why he looks strange:



There have been a request of a description om how I made the rain chamber, so that's coming up as well within a week or two, when the frogs are back in the normal enclosure and when I have the time to write it. But it was nothing fancy, really...

[dendromad]

How long do you have the rain chamber running for? What is the temp and humidity in the rainchamber? Did you cool them down a bit before hand? I usually find adding cold water to the bottom for a couple of days before turning on the pump and heater works well. Then after a few days turn the heater on to get it nice and humid then turn the pump on. I find it also works better if you can turn the pump off occasionally even at night on one or two days, as long as it stays humid. I usually leave mine in for a week before stopping.I bred mine recently and the males (I reccomend having more than one as the competion helps) were in and out of amplexus for about the first 3 or 4 days and then one pair laid on the 5th morning. The other female didn't look like she was readykeptkicking the males off.

[Raya]

Thanks Niels D and Raya! I got to say that it's looking grim, as the rain period is coming to it's end in a few days, and still no eggs. I'm hoping for some last minute egg-laying, but I don't think that will happen.

Oh, that's too bad. But I'm sure you'll succeed if you just keep trying and maby making small adjustments. Do you have plans to acquire more red-eyes for this breedingproject or are you gonna keep trying with these two?

Raya, you should start one of your own breeding projects! We need more frogs in the country

Yeah, maby I should! Not sure I have the right connections to get my hands on a breeding group/pair though.
As I have said in your Theloderma corticale thread, I'm building a viv for Theloderma asperum. Maby I should look into getting a group for breeding those. Would be awesome :P

[ViperJr]

How long do you have the rain chamber running for? What is the temp and humidity in the rainchamber? Did you cool them down a bit before hand? I usually find adding cold water to the bottom for a couple of days before turning on the pump and heater works well. Then after a few days turn the heater on to get it nice and humid then turn the pump on. I find it also works better if you can turn the pump off occasionally even at night on one or two days, as long as it stays humid. I usually leave mine in for a week before stopping.I bred mine recently and the males (I reccomend having more than one as the competion helps) were in and out of amplexus for about the first 3 or 4 days and then one pair laid on the 5th morning. The other female didn't look like she was readykeptkicking the males off.

Hmm, interesting method with the cold water. Might try that in a later attempt, got some other things to tweak first though! The thing is, everybody kept saying that the hard part will be getting the male to want to breed without any competition (we bought 2 males and 1 female, but one of the males did not make the trip back home from Germany, due to a heating problem in the buss ). However, the male have been climbing onto the female both breeding attempts (as you can read earlier in the thread, the first attempt started with 24 h amplexus). The problem seems to be that the female is not ready to lay eggs. The frogs were bought as proven breeders from a reputably breeder, so I know she have laid a lot of eggs before we got here.
(And yes, we did have a dry season before the rain season, as required (less food, colder, less humid, shorter days))

Oh, that's too bad. But I'm sure you'll succeed if you just keep trying and maby making small adjustments. Do you have plans to acquire more red-eyes for this breedingproject or are you gonna keep trying with these two?

Well, as you know, we bought 2 males and 1 female, but one of the males did not make it. So yes, we do want more red eyes, both females and males (I have space in their terrarium for more frogs), but that most certainly means that we need to either visit Hamm, or get someone we know to go there. Needless to say, it's quite the hassle, and not exactly cheap either. But yes, we're going to continue try with these two, since I know the female is capable of laying eggs, and that male-competition does not seem to be the problem.

Yeah, maby I should! Not sure I have the right connections to get my hands on a breeding group/pair though.
As I have said in your Theloderma corticale thread, I'm building a viv for Theloderma asperum. Maby I should look into getting a group for breeding those. Would be awesome :P

You definitely should! I could be wrong, but I don't think I've seen asperum in Sweden, at least not since I got into the hobby!

[flybyferns]

Martin ,
Do you realize that there are :
"Replies: 77 and Views: 1,643" on this thread , last I noticed.
Lynn

[ViperJr]

Martin ,
Do you realize that there are :
"Replies: 77 and Views: 1,643" on this thread , last I noticed.
Lynn

Hehe, yeah, I did notice. But don't worry, 3/4 of the visits are just me anyway, so don't take it to seriously