Cruziohyla calcarifer

[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!

[earthtiger]

IMHO, since there is a larger and a smaller variant of this species, allegedly with slightly different breeding strategies, therefore I think they only should be released in the area where the parents have been collected.

[flybyferns]

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!

Thank You
I look forward to looking at the website!
Lynn

[Leon1993]

IMHO, since there is a larger and a smaller variant of this species, allegedly with slightly different breeding strategies, therefore I think they only should be released in the area where the parents have been collected.

Yes, you are right Martin i agree a 100% with you, that's the reason why i chose this place for them. The variety of frogs i keep are from the South Caribean (Puerto Viejo to be specific) apparently they are typically bigger than their counterparts. When i release a group of frogs in the wild i don't do it in a random zone without any precautions, i always follow a liberation protocol to avoid a medium-term environmental impact. The last time i released a group of Agalychnis callidryas in the wild we spent 3 nights in the place before releasing them, monitoring if the wild populations were healthy, the breeding places of the species, predators in the zone, feeding of the wild frogs and the amount of insects in the zone, but is always a sure thing less than a 50% will get to their adult & breeding stage.

[furcifer5]

Hi Leonel,

Great result!
I will be receiving some froglets of calcarifer soon, so I will be following your positngs on this species. Hopefully, I can share some information soon!

[earthtiger]

update! update! We wanna see an update! =:-)

[Leon1993]

Hi,

Sorry but i've been very busy lately. Tadpoles hatched last week, it took them 19 days to hatch. They are big tadpoles with a very dark colour, some pictures from last week:



They have grown a lot since last week, i'm very surprised how fast they are growing. I will post recent pictures tomorrow.

[earthtiger]

Thanks for the update!

What are you feeding the tadpoles?

According to the literature I have, the tadpoles like to lay on the ground. It might be an idea to put some leaf litter in the tank, that the tadpoles can hide if they like to.

kind regards,
Martin

[Mentat]

Great news and thanks for update Leon !

[Leon1993]

More good news! After a period of two weeks of laying the eggs the female started to look gravid again, i didn't even cycle her this time. I decided to move them into the rain chamber last saturday and today i found the couple in amplexus swimming in the water, at around 9:30AM they started laying another eggs mass.




This ones will be definitely released in the Jaguar rescue center reserve.

[Leon1993]

A quick video of the tadpoles: Cruziohyla calcarifer tadpoles - YouTube

Thanks for the update!

What are you feeding the tadpoles?

According to the literature I have, the tadpoles like to lay on the ground. It might be an idea to put some leaf litter in the tank, that the tadpoles can hide if they like to.

kind regards,
Martin

I am feeding them "Tetramin Tropical Flakes" they have a voracious appetite. They spent most of the time on the surface looking for food as you can see on the video, but it might be a good idea to put some leaf litter Martin, that will also help to avoid the tadpoles from eating their own feces.

[furcifer5]

Hi Leonel,

Any updates?

[Leon1993]

Some pictures of the development of the second clutch, this time 36 tadpoles hatched in a period of 13 days.



The tadpoles from the first clutch are growing very fast, some of them are starting to develop their back back legs.

[Leon1993]

Sorry for not turning the pictures, i noticed that after posting them.

[Mentat]

No worries Leon; eggs and tadpoles look OK from any direction . Thanks for update and hope to see froglets soon !

[Leon1993]

Another update, Cruziohyla calcarifer tadpoles already developed their hind legs.

[Mentat]

Thanks for update Leon and "Feliz Navidad" to you and the family !

[flybyferns]

No worries Leon; eggs and tadpoles look OK from any direction . Thanks for update and hope to see froglets soon !

You're funny !