Tree frogs

[priya]

hi, i was just wondering what your views are on american and european tree frogs.

which do you prefer?

i recently bought 3 european tree frogs on line from a dealer who reccommended then over the american ones, however now i have found out that they dont get as large and spotting them in my terrarium is difficult, they are all still babies, the largest on is about 3cm.

i did state that i wanted a frog that i could see.

i have 3 of them in a exo terra terratium measuring 30 x30x 40 cm.

if the worst comes to the worst could i add a couple of american tree frogs to the tank with them so i have something i can see?

[priya]

By American and European i mean both the green variety.

[StephenLS]

Hi Priya

I had a large group of American Green Tree Frogs. Are yours not active on a night?

In all honesty the majority of anurans are happiest when hidden away - especially during daylight!

What temperature and lighting are you providing?


Ta


Steve

[priya]

well as there european tree frogs im just keeping them at room temperature with a 40 watt bulb for them to bask, they are only about 33cm long at the mo, do you know much about the european ones as there isnt much info on the net?

[Kurt]

Try searching under the name Hyla arborea. Also I would not mix frog species. Stick with Hyla arborea and if you want Hyla cinerea, set up another tank. You are lucky, European treefrogs are rarely, if ever, offered over here on the other side of the "pond".

[priya]

they are rarely offered here too, believe it or not it is the american tree frogs which are the most available here too. i just came across them online by chance.

i have looked up hyla aborea but it still havent found much information them.

the only site i have found is one that says that they will go into hybernation for 3 months of the year weather or not they are kept warm or not. i dont know if this is true as the dealer said that they wont if they are kept at room temp. the web article insists they will.

[Kurt]

They may or may not, I can't say one way or another. Your chances of keeping them from hibernating are better if you keep a 12 hour photo-perieod for them as well as keeping them warm. However some animals will still go off feed and go into hibernation mode regardless of what you do. Of course, if this the case you must cool the frogs before they waste away.

[priya]

this all seems quite complicated, i told the dealer i wanted something easy to keep as i am quite new to frog keeping. i will put a heat mat on there tank as over night it is getting dont to about 16.c here at the moment.