Cruziohyla calcarifer

[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 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?

[Leon1993]

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

You are welcome! I was feeding my A. annae and A. callidryas tadpoles "Tetramin Tropical Flakes" but i'm not sure if i will be feeding this ones the same.

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

Thank you! The first time i counted 24 fertile eggs but now that they are more developed if you look carefully you can count 23.

[flybyferns]

What are your plans?
Any organized conservation programs to help you release them, safely ?

[Leon1993]

What are your plans?
Any organized conservation programs to help you release them, safely ?

To be honest with you, i will have to wait and see in the next months, they are very few and right now i only have 2 adults to keep this breeding & conservation project ongoing. I'm planning to keep most of them at this moment, but you can be sure the next generations will be released in the wild. I have some good friends in the south caribean (Puerto Viejo) that were very interested in this project and they are also working on the conservation of this frogs in-situ, so there is the perfect place for them to be released, it is called "Jaguar Rescue Center" if you want to know more about this place you can go here: English - jaguarrescues Webseite!

[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 !