my new buddy:Red-Banded Rubber Frog (Phrynomantis bifasciatus)

[Sunshine]

Awww! That sounds so cute! Now I want one! I am very excited for you both and I am looking forward to some more pictures once he gets settled in!

[deranged chipmunk]

here is where he will be living until i get his permanent home set up.


i still have a few more plants for it, but i was tired. i did a lot of work on the 125 and this one tonight.

[Duriel]

In other news, 3 of mine decided to leave the sanctuary of hiding under the plants (I occasionally have to check to make sure they're not all dead) to have a meeting to overthrow my fascist dictatorship and install a puppet democracy.

[Pluke]

Lol, cool frogs guys.

[Duriel]

They're definitely not an active bunch. As I said they pretty much hide under the plants (particularly one which I chose poorly... it's dying and I will remove it tomorrow during my weekly cage cleanings...) Even frogs that are known to be very inactive (like my American toads and my pacman) move around a lot more. I had to get these guys after seeing how unusual they are. Cardiotoxic AND they walk instead of jump? SOLD! Also my sig is frequently out of date. I got these guys 3? 4? weeks ago? Can't remember for sure. Might be longer ago. One of them died 4 days after I got them. Just out in the open, apparently healthy/no apparent disease. Thinking it (no idea how to sex these) was just old or (more likely) died because frogs lay hundreds to thousands of eggs. SO FAR my running tally is 1 dead American bullfrog (wild caught, juvenile size was 1/3 of a normal TADPOLE'S girth, not length), 1 American toad (wild caught, very small and caught late into the year, had red leg, possibly because I found it under my trash can), and 1 Firebellied toad (sadly, this one is my fault. He was an escape artist and I found him dried out on my bathroom floor). Still going: 2 American toads (wild caught, got one that was very large and not at all shy of me... I "suspect" she's old, but cannot speculate as to how/when she will pass), 2 Fire-bellied toads (Petco rescues... resilient species or I might be very paranoid, the male calls every night, attempts amplexus but gets denied, and they "frog pile" nonsexually frequently), 5 red and black walking frogs (off of online breeder, supposedly captive bred, but who knows? Very secretive and inactive... hard to say how the remaining 5 will hold up, especially with such limited information), 1 bearded dragon (even more ravenous eater than described on ANY site I've visited, gets fussy when removed from his "bath", intends to bankrupt me with food costs), 4 "common" Illinois tree frogs (wild caught, official websites show 2 similar species, but the ones I caught look like a mix. Impossible to properly identify without an expert it seems. Also, very stable temperament, and will instantly eat whatever food items are provided, unlike other species. I predict uneventful ownership, aside from the fact that they all are of "full grown" tiny size, and determining age is near impossible), 1 gray's tree frog (wild caught, part of a larger late-season spawn, SHOULD survive handily), 1 pacman frog (Petco, originally thought to be ornated horned, but later found to be cranwell's.. rescued young and tiny, as opposed to the one I got when I was young which was a juvenile? from Petsmart and died overnight...) and 4 juvenile American bullfrogs (wild caught, biggest one will flee into the water section if she can see me within ~20 feet or longest sight range, one lives almost exclusively on the dry side of the tank astonishing me by not drying out, and one became almost albino in color a few days after ownership and likes to sit on the edge of the glass that is closest and most visible to me. The fourth one kind of mulls around the water.) Oh and also my puppy, but so long as she doesn't go all Saw/Hostel on her fresh spaying stitches while I'm sleeping, I imagine she'll live for quite some time.

My adult dubia are too stubborn to breed. It's 90-95 with moderate humidity throughout the day in their container. 4 (of 50) died (within 1 month of acquisition) living in a clean area with plenty of mushy fruits/vegetables. I'm HOPING they are just taking their time, as opposed to the youtube seller having sold me "old roaches" or something...

Either way, too many beers, therefor, bananaphone. Night.