Captive reared frogs released back to wild

[Heatheranne]

Post away! We'd love to see them. Welcome, btw .

[GrifTheGreat]

I agree. You should post the pics and explain your experienced rearing these tadpoles before releasing them back into the wild.

[BugBoy99]

Hello,

Thank you so much for the welcome.

One of the species I raised, has not been identified as yet. But, I will post its pictures first.

I found the tadpoles in one of the temporary pools that always form after our summer rains. Because of this, I believe it to be a species of Grass Frog, Ptychadena. This is the only Genus that seems to match both the breeding habitat, and general description of the frog.

I raised the tadpoles, entirely on a tropical fish flake, and they metamorphosed within 18 days. I did complete water changes every one to two days.

I raised them, first in a large jar of water, and then in a tank with about 5 cm of water in the bottom. When they began their terrestrial lives, I tilted the tank so that half of the tank had water on the bottom, and the other half was just glass. this worked efficiently, and the metamorphs moved onto the glass, when they were ready to get out of the water.

The tadpole

The Young Frog

The Young Frog(with size reference)


Thank You, I will post the second species later.