Theloderma corticale

[Jocke]

Thats a very nice tank you got there! And those frogs looks amazing. Are these common here in sweden? Have you found that female yet?

[ViperJr]

Yeah, they really are a remarkable species! Unfortunately, they are rather uncommon here in Sweden. No-one breeds them regularly, and when it do happens, most of the tadpoles turns out as males. For some unknown reason, the male/female-ration is incredibly skewed towards males. According to a (rather small) Swedish forum, there is a guy in Sweden that currently (accidentally :P) got tadpoles, but I do not know if he are selling the froglets or not.

And no, because of the reasons above, I have no female yet. My only shot is probably the next Hamm-expo, but it's not even guaranteed to find them there. At the latest Hamm-Expo(where I got the red eyes), there were only males for sale, not a single female. So, if you ever find a CB female, please, let me know!

[Sarge]

For some unknown reason, the male/female-ration is incredibly skewed towards males.

It may be caused by high incubation temperatures. How warm do you keep them?

[ViperJr]

Excellent thread and pics of one of my favorite frogs; congratulations and thanks for sharing!

Thank you very much! It's always nice to hear that it's appreciated

It may be caused by high incubation temperatures. How warm do you keep them?

Sorry for the late reply, but like I said, I do not breed them myself, since I do not have a female (yet).

There will be a lot more pictures coming up tomorrow, if anyone is interested!

[ViperJr]

The pictures I promised is uploaded, I hope you'll enjoy them. Some of them are quite similar to each other, and the quality is varying, but you will all have to live with that
So, I hope you theloderma lovers out there get at least something nice to look at!




















Seems impossible to get all four of them in one photo, but here's three at least...

[Raya]

Awesome pictures again!

Feeding these guys dubias too? If so, how's the feeding response when you put them in?

[ViperJr]

Thanks a lot!

You know it, Blaptica dubia all the way! I always put the dubias in the bowl just after the lightning turns off, before they've started to move around a lot. However, it's not long before they sitting at the edge of the bowl, taking turns eating. You often see at least 2 or 3 at the same time, so it's not hard at all to watch them eat. Since they have slow metabolism, you'd want to feed them just a few times a week. So, when feeding day is getting close, you can often see at least 3 of them sitting at the edge, just waiting for the food! They are not as delicate eaters as red eyes, but seem to be less aggresive than White's, for example.
A lot of people is complaining about dubias just playing dead and never move around and just get ignored, which I found strange. All of our six frogs (both species included) always eat every dubia there is, eventually (within one or two days). So, yeah, I personally recommend dubias for these frogs as well.