Phrynomantis microps

[EdRafferty]

Hey its my first time posting on here.
So this is my first question, does anybody have any care sheets or information they can give me on breeding and sexing Ghana fire frogs(Phrynomantis microps). All help is appreciated.

Ed

[tattooed81]

Pretty frogs

[EdRafferty]

Yes i got some just today got about 4 of them.
But cant seem to find anything about sexing and breeding them.

[tattooed81]

looks like there tad poles school like fish

http://books.google.com/books?id=eDK...tcover#PPP1,M1

[EdRafferty]

Could you give me the link to where it says about breeding and sexing please i cant find it on there.

Ed

[tattooed81]

you will have to read the book to find it its only 575 pages

[tattooed81]

AmphibiaWeb - Phrynomantis microps

[Kurt]

AmphibiaWeb - Phrynomantis microps

Thanks for the link.

[EdRafferty]

Ok would be great if you could write a care sheet for them as i want to breed them and have no idea how.

Ed

[Kurt]

I have a vague idea, so please be patient as I try to breed them. Just a word of warning, it won't be any time soon.

[EdRafferty]

Goodluck with it, hope it goes well.
Cant wait to breed them myself.

Ed

[Kurt]

Welcome aboard. As far as I know there is no care sheet for these frogs, but give me some time and I will write one.
I am a keeper and a big fan of Phrynomantis frogs. I currently keep two species, microps and bifasciatus. I do plan on breeding the bifasciatus some time in the near future and that will most likely be followed by an artcle. I need to get more microps before I can consider the same for that species.
As far as sexing is concerned, I believe I have two female and three male bifasciatus. This is based on the size of the animals. Based on the sizes of of the previous species, I beleive both of my microps are female. Of course I won't really be able to say for sure until I get them into a rain chamber and breed them.
All my rubber frogs (Phrynomantis sp) are fed fruit flies, bean weevils, and small crickets that are first dusted with vitamins and calcium. Shallow water bowls are proved as are artificial plants and/or hide boxes.
Now if I could just get my hands on Phyrnomantis annectens or affinis.....