Cruziohyla calcarifer

[Leon1993]

What do you mean with cycled them?

[earthtiger]

Getting them in breeding mood and prepare them for breeding. e.g. playing with temperature and humidity (dry vs. humid period), feeding heavily, that the femals build up eggs and ovulate.

The frogs look a bid skinny to me. I wouldn't put such skinny frogs in a rainchamber.

[Leon1993]

I never did anything of that before when breeding my other frogs (Agalychnis annae & Agalychnis callidryas) because they get all this conditions in a natural way, all my thanks are kept on my backyard as i live far away from the city the rain doesn't harm the frogs skin with acids. I always try to keep my frogs very fat even when they are not in the rainy season, i've been feeding this two a lot with big gut loaded grasshoppers and i don't stop feeding them when they are in their breeding tank but they are not that fat yet though they are not as skinny as you mentioned, they will get to that point soon is just about patience, the male has been calling a lot but the rainy season is not that strong yet so i will just wait for the rains to get heavier and the frogs to get ready.

[ecologic]

I never did anything of that before when breeding my other frogs (Agalychnis annae & Agalychnis callidryas) because they get all this conditions in a natural way, all my thanks are kept on my backyard as i live far away from the city the rain doesn't harm the frogs skin with acids. I always try to keep my frogs very fat even when they are not in the rainy season, i've been feeding this two a lot with big gut loaded grasshoppers and i don't stop feeding them when they are in their breeding tank but they are not that fat yet though they are not as skinny as you mentioned, they will get to that point soon is just about patience, the male has been calling a lot but the rainy season is not that strong yet so i will just wait for the rains to get heavier and the frogs to get ready.

Your frogs look great. If you have bred Agalychnis annae, I am sure you will have no problem breeding these. If you have any questions breeding them outside, you might consult Brian at the CRARC. He has worked with this species.

[Leon1993]

Thanks! the problem i have right now is that i'ts not raining here at all, which is something that worries me cause we are in the rainy season. So i think i will just move the frogs to a smaller tank were they can be feed easily and i will adapt the big tank with a rain chamber to move them in two weeks or so.

[Leon1993]

The frogs are starting to get fat, i will move them into the big tank in a couple of weeks as the rain chamber is now ready.

Female and male:

[Leon1993]

Yesterday was their first night at the rain chamber and found the couple in amplexus this morning. I hope to get eggs tomorrow morning but i don't know if the female has already laid eggs before, so it can take at least 5 attempts more before the female gets ready, we'll see what happen tomorrow!