Special lighting needed for White's Treefrog?

[schwabem]

I (perhaps foolishly) promised my oldest daughter she could get a frog for her birthday thinking that she'd forget about it before the birthday came around, an 11 month wait. We're now 5 weeks out and since she didn't forget we're getting the terrarium put together now. I have purchased live plants and things are looking pretty good!

I do have a question about lighting for the frog though. Do we need to buy one of the special UVB lights for the frog to be healthy? I cannot seem to find any information regarding the lighting needs for a White's treefrog. For the time being I am using a regular house-hold CFL for the plants. If I do need a UVB light, our terrarium light cover has a spot for two bulbs, should I get one UVB light and keep one CFL or should both sockets have a UVB?

Thank you!
Emma

[ViperJr]

You can find many threads here with this exact question. They answer is; no, they do not require any special lightning. Very few frogs do. And since White's are tree frogs and nocturnal, you just need the lightning to provide a day/night-cycle. A CFL for the plants is sufficient for the frogs.
Some people us a low percent UVA( not UVB) light for the plants, which is fine but not required.

[schwabem]

Thank you, I did look for that information but couldn't find it.

[BG]

Go for it wtf are the easiest frogs to keep. They are cute ,and full of spunk. Get the light fixture zoo med makes that hold 2 bulbs. One for heat, like 25 watt red or blue. On the other side get the 23 watt compact florescent bulb for your live plants you gona get in the future.lol