Ask Tree Frog Sex

[VictorHo]

White Lipped Tree Frog maybe the ID i dunno well because newbie that from the seller name.



do you thing this both same sex or pair?

thnks for u'r kind of answer that very helpful.

[irThumper]

Hi, welcome to the group!

Yes, those are White-Lipped tree frogs (Litoria infrafrenata) to the best of my knowledge. The best way to determine the sex, other than by hearing the males croak, is by looking for pads on the inside of the thumbs. Only males have the pads, and these darken during the breeding season.

Here is an example of thumb pads on a male White's tree frog, which is a related species:


Here is a care sheet for White-Lipped tree frogs: http://frogs.org.au/x/media/cs-infrafrenata.pdf

I would suggest medicating the raw nose spots on your frogs with an antiseptic ointment with NO pain killer in it (pain killer will kill frogs!).

Good luck with them!

[VictorHo]

thnks irThumper that very helpful,
and then can we crossbreed with other tree frog?

[elly]

I searched for information about crossbreeding White's and White-Lipped but I didn't find anything. If they could breed there would probably be pictures of crossbred half-White's half-White-Lipped frogs. I may be wrong but I don't think it's possible. Also, breeding the same species can be difficult sometimes in captivity. Breeding two different species would probably be more difficult. Even if it worked the eggs might not grow.

[irThumper]

I agree with Elly. Just because species are similar doesn't mean they can, or will, interbreed. Litoria infrafrenata (White-Lipped) and Litoria caerulea (White's tree frog) have different needs, even though they overlap territory some in the wild, and are just different enough to where crossbreeding is very highly unlikely. In captivity it is not even recommended that different species be kept in the same enclosure together, much less make an attempt to interbreed them.

[VictorHo]

wow thnks,
so gladly hear about a info.

and then this species same with u'r sheila irThumper? if not same what sp this is?