Agalychnis annae

[Terrarium Supplies]

Leon, that's just showing off lol!

[Leon1993]

Leon, that's just showing off lol!

No, it's just that this frogs lay a lot of eggs compared to the other Agalychnis, i bred A. annae two times and the two times i got around 300-350 tadpoles so i'm just curious about how many you got there.

[earthtiger]

These are not all of my tadpoles. Only from one tank while cleaning it.

i bred A. annae two times and the two times i got around 300-350 tadpoles

from one female? How many unfertile eggs?

What are you doing with all the froglets? I think there are not so many frog keepers in Costa Rica!?

Nice video, thanks for sharing it!

[Leon1993]

These are not all of my tadpoles. Only from one tank while cleaning it.


from one female? How many unfertile eggs?

What are you doing with all the froglets? I think there are not so many frog keepers in Costa Rica!?

Nice video, thanks for sharing it!

Yes just from one female, one huge mass of around 200 eggs and onother smaller of around 100, only about 10-15 unfertile eggs, it was funny cause all the unfertile eggs were together at the top of the masses.

I will release this tadpoles like the first time i bred them, this time in a remote coffe plantation near my house which is far from the city, there they have some plastic tubes i planted in the ground where they are actually breeding. There are no frog keepers here in Costa Rica, just some people who bred them to help certain populations of frogs like Brian Kubicki from the CRARC In situ Conservation Projects | Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center

[exasperatus2002]

Great job

[earthtiger]

it was funny cause all the unfertile eggs were together at the top of the masses.

I had also some egg clutches, where the top eggs didn't develop / wheren't fertile.

I would love to see some habitat shots, if you have.

[Leon1993]

Sure i will take some shots of the place and some other tree frogs that are common there, too bad i don't have a good camera so i will have to use my celphone as always.

[Kfen]

Do either of you export to the USA? I have been looking for annae for several months now.
Thanks

[earthtiger]

I don't export to the USA, but they have been bred in the last years in the USA too.

[Mentat]

Good to find this thread again; thanks for sharing all the excellent photos and breeding events !

[Leon1993]

Do either of you export to the USA? I have been looking for annae for several months now.
Thanks

I don't export to US neither sorry, this project is just for conservation and even if i want to export some individuals it is illegal here.

[CJ PELCHER]

Ive been told that they are illegal to ship in the united states now anyway. (ENDANGERED SPECIES)
I have no proof of this...but is been in the discussions here

[earthtiger]

Yes, the IUZN has listed them as endangered:
Agalychnis annae (Blue-sided Treefrog)

And they are protected by the CITES regulations. => In the European Union, you need a Certificate of Origin for you animals and shipping them across EU boarders is probably a lot of (CITES) paperwork.

But, as I mentioned before: They have been bred in the US in the last couple of years => there should be a stock of A. annae in the US. So, take care of this stock, that this species does not get lost again.

[CJ PELCHER]

Thank you Leon for doing conservation efforts!!!! Best thing I heard on here in sometime now. Have you thought about keeping half the stock and keep on using them as breeders. That way you will have a larger stock to release in the long run rather than just one female??? If you need help with funding this project myself and others on here should be willing to step forward.

[Leon1993]

Thank you Leon for doing conservation efforts!!!! Best thing I heard on here in sometime now. Have you thought about keeping half the stock and keep on using them as breeders. That way you will have a larger stock to release in the long run rather than just one female??? If you need help with funding this project myself and others on here should be willing to step forward.

Thanks! i'm not even keeping one of them this time they will all be released in the wild, this because the population of A annae in this place is getting bigger now. You can see some pictures of the place here: http://www.frogforum.net/fieldwork/2...e-habitat.html i will try to go at night soon and take some pictures of the frogs. Good to see i'm getting support from people like you that's very appreciated but at this particular time the project with A annae is basically moving forward by itself. if you want to know something else you can ask me in the thread of A annae habitat as this is not even my thread haha.

[earthtiger]

...if you want to know something else you can ask me in the thread of A annae habitat as this is not even my thread haha.

feel free to post anything about this species in this thread you want to share.

[earthtiger]

Agalychnis annae eating an adult male of Blaptica dubia:

[Kfen]

Yes, the IUZN has listed them as endangered:
Agalychnis annae (Blue-sided Treefrog)

And they are protected by the CITES regulations. => In the European Union, you need a Certificate of Origin for you animals and shipping them across EU boarders is probably a lot of (CITES) paperwork.

But, as I mentioned before: They have been bred in the US in the last couple of years => there should be a stock of A. annae in the US. So, take care of this stock, that this species does not get lost again.

I didn't know about the regulations, thanks for the heads up. I have been searching for several months and I have found a few people that have bred them in the US a few years ago, but for various reasons, none of those people have them (including breeding stock) any more. So if anyone is currently breeding them in the US please contact me. Thanks.

[earthtiger]

I have been searching for several months and I have found a few people that have bred them in the US a few years ago, but for various reasons, none of those people have them (including breeding stock) any more.

unfortunately, that easily can happen, when no one pays attention, that an species get's quickly extinct in the hobby.

Try to get in touch with Seth. He has bred Agalychnis annae beginning of 2011. Maybe he can tell you, to whom he has sold his offspring. I would try to motivate this people to bring a breeding group together. Here is the link:
http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/tre...-tadpoles.html

[earthtiger]

Hi,


short update from yesterday:







At more and more one can see the development of the hindlegs:





kind regards,
Martin