I bought some frogs from a website which I called in advance to see if they could sex them. The ad said Adults but when they arrived they were pretty small, I ordered males so I thought they would be small but not as small as these ones are.. I know about the croaking and what not with males but I have read they produce a brown nanopad on their front feet which I am kind of lost on what it looks like. Can someone give me some advice on how to determine the sex... Also I would love to see some picture of your RETF with the brown nanopads. I am determined to breed these frogs since I have the space and everything that is needed. I been working on a rain chamber that I have just about finished.. I visited a hydroponics shop to get all of my supplies which I advice everyone to do when you need pumps connectors and rain nozzles... I will post some pictures of the set up.. Please post information on the male nanopads I will take any advice you can give.. I can also take any pictures of any of the frogs that I have..Thanks Josh
Hi there
Determening the sex of treefrogs isnt always going to be easy, i know from working with the red eyes that
the females are much larger (3 to 4 inches) and the males are smaller (2 to 3 inches) and call making a croak
similar to what you would hear from a whites tree frog, i dont think females can call if they are RETFs.
Good luck with the frogs!![]()
I always knew the females because of their bulky size and huge body but the new frogs I have are just so small. The size thing really works if I knew the age of them but as they are WC I dont know the age. Another thing is that they are even smaller then the male that I have had. He is almost 2 1/2 inch if not bigger but I know he is a male since he croaks. I actually have been doing some more reading and it says that I wont see the brown Nanopad on its foot until it is ready to breed so I will have to put them through the wet season and find out. Now another thing should I keep the males and females apart or does it matter.. I am hoping to have 5 males and 4 females but that is a guess right now..
i find it doesnt matter if there in the same tank as long as there plenty of room to get away from eachother
I'm wondering is there is a difference in head shape and profile similar to waxies? this way you can sex them no matter how old/big they are. does the same applied to RETFS?
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I know we read a real lot about the males being the ones that call? I'm not so sure this is the easiest method to sex this species. If so....then I have all males, none of which have ever developed nuptial pads. However, I make no attempt to provoke breeding. One is much larger. My oldest ( Ruby) is the smallest w/ an obvious darker throat. The larger one's throat is pure white.... BUT it calls as well. I have heard 2, obviously, different calls. Plus, they will all make a different squeak if startled. I think size is the give away!
Good luck with your plans to breed !
Here is a photo of one of my black eyed tree frogs ( Boggie) ( A moreletii)
Calling and the pads appeared at the time I posted the photo. (?) Note his age in my signature 11/2009.
He was a sub-adult when I purchased him.
http://www.frogforum.net/tree-frogs/...tial-pads.html
Lynn
Current Collection
Dendrobates leucomelas - standard morph
Dendrobates auratus “Costa Rican Green Black"
Dendrobates auratus "Pena Blanca"
Dendrobates tinctorius “New River”
Dendrobates tinctorius "Green Sipaliwini"
Dendrobates tinctorius “Powder Blue"
Dendrobates tinctorius "French Guiana Dwarf Cobalt"
Phyllobates terribilis “Mint”
Phyllobates terribilis "Orange"
Phyllobates bicolor "Uraba"
Oophaga pumilio "Black Jeans"
Oophaga pumilio "Isla Popa"
Oophaga pumilio "Bastimentos"
Oophaga pumilio “Mimbitimbi”
Oophaga pumilio "Rio Colubre"
Oophaga pumilio "Red Frog Beach”
Oophaga pumilio "Rio Branco"
Oophaga pumilio “Valle del Rey”
Oophaga pumilio "BriBri"
Oophaga pumilio "El Dorado"
Oophaga pumilio "Cristobal"
Oophaga pumilio "Rambala"
Oophaga “Vicentei” (blue)
Oophaga sylvatica "Paru"
Oophaga sylvatica "Pata Blanca"
Oophaga histrionica “Redhead”
Oophaga histrionica "Blue"
Oophaga lehmanni "Red"
Oophaga histrionica "Tado"
Ranitomeya variabilis "Southern"
Ranitomeya imitator "Varadero"
Ranitomeya sirensis "Lower Ucayali"
Ranitomeya vanzolinii
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interesting Lynn, do you have more clear pics, i don't see pad on that one. here is one of my waxies nuptial pads ( dark spot on a thumb) during mating season.
hm it is getting more interesting.. i even being i will probably never have red eyes i still gotta know lol. if they call they have be all males, I wouldn't sex based purely on a size, there are some smaller females and bigger males. I gotta do more digging or I hope somebody who knows will chime in.
Save one animal and it doesn't change the world, but it surely changes the world for that one animal!
Last edited by flybyferns; February 2nd, 2013 at 05:47 PM.
Current Collection
Dendrobates leucomelas - standard morph
Dendrobates auratus “Costa Rican Green Black"
Dendrobates auratus "Pena Blanca"
Dendrobates tinctorius “New River”
Dendrobates tinctorius "Green Sipaliwini"
Dendrobates tinctorius “Powder Blue"
Dendrobates tinctorius "French Guiana Dwarf Cobalt"
Phyllobates terribilis “Mint”
Phyllobates terribilis "Orange"
Phyllobates bicolor "Uraba"
Oophaga pumilio "Black Jeans"
Oophaga pumilio "Isla Popa"
Oophaga pumilio "Bastimentos"
Oophaga pumilio “Mimbitimbi”
Oophaga pumilio "Rio Colubre"
Oophaga pumilio "Red Frog Beach”
Oophaga pumilio "Rio Branco"
Oophaga pumilio “Valle del Rey”
Oophaga pumilio "BriBri"
Oophaga pumilio "El Dorado"
Oophaga pumilio "Cristobal"
Oophaga pumilio "Rambala"
Oophaga “Vicentei” (blue)
Oophaga sylvatica "Paru"
Oophaga sylvatica "Pata Blanca"
Oophaga histrionica “Redhead”
Oophaga histrionica "Blue"
Oophaga lehmanni "Red"
Oophaga histrionica "Tado"
Ranitomeya variabilis "Southern"
Ranitomeya imitator "Varadero"
Ranitomeya sirensis "Lower Ucayali"
Ranitomeya vanzolinii
http://www.fernsfrogs.com
https://www.facebook.com/ferns.frogs
oh I see now , thank you!
Save one animal and it doesn't change the world, but it surely changes the world for that one animal!
I to am wondering about sexing my RETFs when I got them I was told they were adults, both measure 2" from snout to rump. I've attached photos as well![]()
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