need some help identifying an aquatic frog

[BG]

You have your self an illegal alien. Try to get him his greenfrog card.lol

[Geoff]

Yes, it's a "floating frog". I kept six of them for a year (1996/7) then sold them back to the dealer. I did some limited research but it was very hard to find detailed information about them at that time (which was before the Internet took off). Although the species is Occidozyga lima it is sometimes referred to as Ooeidozyga lima. (Confusion over its name arose because Ooeidozyga was published two months after Occidozyga). It belongs to the family Ranidae. It's habitat is in the rice fields of Asia where, according to my notes, it's found in Southern Yunnan east to Fujian including Haina, Hong Kong, China, India (Lower Bengal) to Malaya, Indonesia (Java) and Vietnam. The frogs I had were wild-caught imports from Hong Kong.

I maintained them in a 10 gallon aquarium with an undergravel filter plate (with about 2" of gravel on top) connected to an internal power filter on reverse flow. The power filter was on its side and set at its lowest output. Water depth was 4 inches and a heater/thermostat maintained a temperature of 23°C (73°F). I put plastic plants in the water for the frogs to rest on and hide amongst. I fed them on dusted crickets about once a week and changed about a quarter of the water every two weeks. They fared very well but, I have to say, I didn't find them very interesting vivarium subjects.

[Jimbok3]

I am still thinking of names.... I might stream it online and get some name ideas from ustream members (my bluegill got is name on ustream "Retro")

and I'm going to be setting up a FBT vivarium soon