Hello

[John]

I've never kept these personally but I have close friends who have. They are not a small frog, and while they aren't huge jumpers "proportionally", their size means that their hop is quite respectable in distance. So as with any frog like that, larger enclosures are better, particularly for recent captives. Recent captives can be delicate due to the stress of collection, travel and sitting in a wholesaler's warehouse for a while. Kurt's right - you can keep them like toads. They like a bit more moisture than we would recommend for Bufonids though, and they like a nice carpet of dead leaves in order to feel secure. The Megophrys species that are available in captivity have all have very similar requirements so this is a good guideline. They should be maintained at temperatures in the mid-to-late 20s Celsius (75-85 F).

As for the breeding record, I don't believe last year was the first time. I think they've been bred several times in the past in Europe.

Welcome to the forum .

[1beataway]

Thank you for the info. I did buy dead leaves when I got the guy. Right now, he's going into the 12x12 Exo-Terra. He'll probably get upgraded sometime, but I had already determined that the dumpies were going into a bigger habitat after I bought the supplies for a vivarium ata reptile expo, and I wasn't going to back down from that. I joked with friends that those two little frogs have cost me more than a month's rent in two days...and will probably have more room to move around than I will in my apartment.

[1beataway]

Also...without having a sort of pump like I'll have in my larger tank, do you know of a way I can water in the smaller one for the Malaysian Leaf Frog without just having a water dish in there? Probably not? Maybe I'll just need to get another pump and set it up better.

[John]

You could close off some of the screen lid to keep the humidity up.

[StephenLS]

Hi there

I've had a group of 3 Malaysian Leaf Frogs (M. Montana) for about 2 months now.

Montana are apparently a little smaller than Nasuta and consequently the females are less prone to eating the males!

Apparently it's hard for people to tell the difference between the Nasuta and Montana but care is roughly the same.

I keep mine in a 45 x 45 x 60 Exo Terra Viv. Temperatures peak at 26c and hit a minimum of 22c during the night. I spray twice a day to keep humidity between 85 - 100 %

They are very shy, so I have provided them with a heavily planted tank with a couple of hides aswell.

I hear the males calling more or less every night and am currently working on setting up a viv with the intention of breeding

Hope this helps.

Steve

[1beataway]

This helps very much. Thank you.

Last night, as soon as I turned off the light, I could hear the frog jumping around, so I'm excited; the entire day before it did not move from it's spot.

What do you feed yours? Just crickets?

[StephenLS]

I've tried crickets, wax worms, moths and small locusts.

They seem in good health so they must be eating but I've only seen it a couple of times - I really need to spend a couple of nights just watching them!