Cruziohyla calcarifer

[Mentat]

Congrats Leon, quick amplexus is good ! Hope you get eggs soon! Tried to watch video (Post no. 12) but appears either it was removed or link is broken .

[Leon1993]

Congrats Leon, quick amplexus is good ! Hope you get eggs soon! Tried to watch video (Post no. 12) but appears either it was removed or link is broken .

Thanks! yes the video was removed but i took a quick video this morning of the rain chamber Cruziohyla calcarifer breeding - YouTube

[Croakin]

If you get any extra froglets you want to sell PM me. good Luck!

[Leon1993]

Some updates on my C. calcarifer breeding project. since the female didn't lay eggs last time i decided to cycle them for a long period of time until i can be sure she is full of eggs, fortunately after around 2 months she is looking gravid, i am doing some adjustments here and there with the rain chamber cause the rain was a little heavy and i will also add a mist system in there, i hope i can finish everything for the next month, i'm very hopeful that i will get eggs this time. Pictures:

[earthtiger]

Indeed, this time she looks much better and promising! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

[Leon1993]

Indeed, this time she looks much better and promising! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Thanks a lot! i will be posting more pictures of the rain chamber and the frogs as soon as everything is finished.

[michael novy]

One oc my person favs. Good luck! Don't keep them too wet for too long and the should do well.

[earthtiger]

Leonel, any (positive) updates?

[Leon1993]

Hi,

No attempts to breed them yet, i'm waiting for my payment to build a new rain chamber, my old rain chamber was 1,30m tall so i was using a very strong pump which make the rain very strong, i will build a smaller one and will also order a mist system from MistKing. I hope everything will be ready by the end of this month, i will be posting pictures when the rain chamber is ready, thanks for your interest!

[Leon1993]

Leonel, any (positive) updates?

I got some great news for you, i will post some pictures in the night!

[earthtiger]

I got some great news for you, i will post some pictures in the night!

do you want to tease us with this comment!? ...here it is two hours before midnight => Where are the photos! =;-)

[Leon1993]

After half a year of trying to breed my couple of C. calcarifer i finally have success! i was too bussy with job last week to post some pictures of the rain chamber, this time i managed to make the rain as real as possible. I moved the frogs to the rain chamber this monday in the morning, the female was looking very gravid. The first night the male started calling very lately in the night (around 11:00PM - 12:00PM) but no amplexus, the second night he started calling a lot early (around 5:00PM - 6:00PM) after a couple of hours the male stopped calling, so i assumed they were in amplexus ( i didn't want to bother the frogs with any kind of light and the rain chamber was covered with a black blanket) This morning i came back from work and i found this huge egg mass, considering C. calcarifer only lay one mass of around 10 - 20 eggs i was very surprised with this one as it was around 30 - 40 blue eggs. I've bred A. annae and A. callidryas before, but i got to say this is one of the most curious leaf frogs regarding breeding habits, i will be definitely writing an article on the breeding habits of this animal probably for next year. If someone is interested on knowing more details i will gladly get back to you via PM. Now some pictures, the first ones are from the last week when the tank was without the rain system and without water:

[Croakin]

After half a year of trying to breed my couple of C. calcarifer i finally have success! i was too bussy with job last week to post some pictures of the rain chamber, this time i managed to make the rain as real as possible. I moved the frogs to the rain chamber this monday in the morning, the female was looking very gravid. The first night the male started calling very lately in the night (around 11:00PM - 12:00PM) but no amplexus, the second night he started calling a lot early (around 5:00PM - 6:00PM) after a couple of hours the male stopped calling, so i assumed they were in amplexus ( i didn't want to bother the frogs with any kind of light and the rain chamber was covered with a black blanket) This morning i came back from work and i found this huge egg mass, considering C. calcarifer only lay one mass of around 10 - 20 eggs i was very surprised with this one as it was around 30 - 40 blue eggs. I've bred A. annae and A. callidryas before, but i got to say this is one of the most curious leaf frogs regarding breeding habits, i will be definitely writing an article on the breeding habits of this animal probably for next year. If someone is interested on knowing more details i will gladly get back to you via PM. Now some pictures, the first ones are from the last week when the tank was without the rain system and without water:

congratulations on your success, you've accomplished something exceptional that few frog breeders have been able to do.

[earthtiger]

Leon, Chapeau! and congrats - great job you did there! And thanks for posting the photos!

This morning i came back from work and i found this huge egg mass, considering C. calcarifer only lay one mass of around 10 - 20 eggs i was very surprised with this one as it was around 30 - 40 blue eggs.

According to the literature, the clutches consist of 10 to 54 eggs, layed in a short time frame in the morning before 10.00 am.

BTW, don't be afraid when the egg mass gets "cloudy". That is normal for this species.

I've bred A. annae and A. callidryas before, but i got to say this is one of the most curious leaf frogs regarding breeding habits, i will be definitely writing an article on the breeding habits of this animal probably for next year. If someone is interested on knowing more details i will gladly get back to you via PM.

yes we are interested in getting more infos how you got them to clutch - at least I am! =:-)

...and please keep us updated on the development of the eggs, tadpoles and froglets! =:-)

kind regards,
Martin

[Leon1993]

According to the literature, the clutches consist of 10 to 54 eggs, layed in a short time frame in the morning before 10.00 am.

BTW, don't be afraid when the egg mass gets "cloudy". That is normal for this species.

Yes that's correct, i remember reading this as well, but i've seen some pictures of C calcarifer clutches and they are always around 10-20 eggs, like this one: http://www.herpnation.com/wp-content...rifer-eggs.png

I was very worried this last 2 days, i was starting to think they were infertile but today i came back from work and you can finally see the embryos on the clutch starting to develop (around 20-25 are fertile)

yes we are interested in getting more infos how you got them to clutch - at least I am! =:-)

I will gladly drop you a PM with all the details of the whole process as soon as possible.

[Leon1993]

Day 4, today i counted 24 fertile eggs and 25 infertile. The embryos are starting to move very slowly:




Some pictures of the male:

[Leon1993]

Day 7, this are definitely slower developers than Agalychnis annae and Agalychnis callidryas which always hatch around the 7-8 day. This species on the contrary are supposed to hatch in a period of 10 days.

[Mentat]

Thanks for sharing pics Leon ! What do you plan to feed tadpoles?

[flybyferns]

Day 4, today i counted 24 fertile eggs and 25 infertile. The embryos are starting to move very slowly:




Some pictures of the male:

How exciting !

[flybyferns]

Day 7, this are definitely slower developers than Agalychnis annae and Agalychnis callidryas which always hatch around the 7-8 day. This species on the contrary are supposed to hatch in a period of 10 days.

Photo 4 is great !
I count 21 or 22 developing on that leaf?