Quote Originally Posted by eduardo75 View Post
Hello, I am new to the forum, and I want to buy a couple of leucomelas. My doubt is if they will really make good use of the vertical space of my vivarium (as I usually read around the forum) or if they will stay most of the time on the horizontal substrate like, say, azureus.

I am looking for a frog that make use of my whole vivarium.

Also I woud like to know if the male call is as loud as to be heard cross the room with the glass well closed.

Thanks in advanced.
Yes, yes, and YES...They will make use of every inch of the enclosure. I'm sure if you had a Exo Terra 36x24x36 they would go right to the top and spend a great deal of their time in the upper reaches...I have a trio in a 18x18x24 and they practically live in the heights.

For some reason D. leucomela is considered a terrestrial only species that occasionally climbs.

As far as the male's call - depending on the size of the room you are talking about, yes, even with the enclosure closed you can hear them calling. I recently moved from the old victorian house I lived in and my frogs were in a 20x15 ft bedroom and you could here them from across the room.

BTW I have D. tinctorius azureus and they climb. They climb a lot.