A little help please

[Leanne]

Can you please tell me how deep the water should be in the container I'm transferring the froglets into, this is a photo of our very first froglet

[Kurt]

Your froglet looks a lot like Litoria subglandulosa or one of its close relatives. I don't think it is a Limnodynastes tasmaniensis based on these latest pictures. Where exactly are you from?

I just wrote an article on L. subglandulosa, so I am hoping this is what they are. If so maybe I could use your pics in the article.

[Leanne]

I live in Narre Warren South but the tadpoles came from a dam on my partners parents farm in korrumburra gippsland victoria, you are welcome to do what ever you please with the photos

[Kurt]

I live in Narre Warren South but the tadpoles came from a dam on my partners parents farm in korrumburra gippsland victoria, you are welcome to do what ever you please with the photos

Let me hit the books and get back to you.

[Tom Highum]

Wait an article for Frog Forum? A Meet the frog?

[Kurt]

Tom, do you really want me to tell you what you're getting for Christmas right now?

[Tom Highum]

Skis and a record player (my dad sucks at hiding) Ok but remember secrets, secrets are no fun, unless you share with everyone.

[Kurt]

Well, I hit the books, looked at some maps, and the best I can figure is your froglet may be Litoria citropa, the Blue Mountains treefrog. It does closely resemble L. subglandulosa, the New England treefrog.
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/im...0000+0706+0292

[Tom Highum]

Whoa those frogs are pretty. What is their conservation status?

[Kurt]

Whoa those frogs are pretty. What is their conservation status?

As far as we are concerned (those of us outside of Australia) it doesn't matter. It is illegal to export Australian wildlife out of Australia. Any Australian herp you may have now is most likely a descendent of animals that were either smuggled out to Europe or the US.
The only Aussie frog that ever managed to get smuggled out was Litoria caerulea and supposedly L. chloris and L. gracilenta, though I have never seen either one for sale here.

[Leanne]

ok thank you I'll post more pictures as they develop further

[Kurt]

Cool, then we will be able to make a positive ID.

[Leanne]

Thank you for all you help I've been looking at some sites and pictures on the net also and our tadpoles look a lot like the litoria ewingi what do you think

[Tom Highum]

Oh cool congrats. They look really cool are you going to keep any of them in an enclosure?

[Leanne]

if they turn out to be something nice I think I'll have to, but I'm unsure what to do with the rest of them now, as I dont know how well they'll survive in the area we got them

[Kurt]

Too bad you can't send them to us.

[Tom Highum]

I am pretty sure you should place them in a cage that has a sloping water area to land so they can choose when to come out.

Where exactly are you from?

Or better where exactly did you get them?

[John]

Can you please tell me how deep the water should be in the container I'm transferring the froglets into, this is a photo of our very first froglet

For froglets about to pop or already popped the front legs you want the water end to be just deep enough to cover the froglet's back, and make sure it can climb out very easily or they will drown. If it's a tree frog it should be better at getting out of the water but don't take any chances.