Can young White's Tree Frogs chirp?

[Crystal6]

Hello! As some of you may know I recently acquired 2 more White's Tree Frogs. They are too small for the main cage though and are currently occupying the 10gallon in the dining room. (I have no doubt that my adult could easily devour both these young ones and still have room for more.)

While I was in my living room with some friends we suddenly heard a loud chirp come from the dining room. My adult is in the kitchen (which is next to the dining room) so I figured it was him. However it happened again recently and when it did all the witnesses claim they are certain it came from the dining room and the cats stared/turned their ears toward the 10gallon in the dining room.

When I got my first White's a year ago they claimed it was only a few months old. (If White's mature in 2 years then he is probably still not sexually mature.) yet these much smaller ones are apparently chirping unprovoked. Can they chirp before they are old enough to mate? Or is it something else I haven't thought of?

[frog boy]

ebony told me once that she had one of her whistlers whisle at 2 mouths old


It may be possible

[Ebony]

Yes , That's right. Whistling tree frogs start chirping/croaking early but I wouldn't know if this is the case with Whites tree frogs. There are plenty of members that own them on this forum who would know though.

[1beataway]

When I got my first White's, it was only an inch long. Very small. It was only a few months later before I noticed the "chirping." At first, I thought it was the parakeet in the room practicing a new sound, but after a couple weeks I found out it was the frog. So...I can't give you a better answer timewise, cause this was about a year and a half ago, but it was onlly a few months after I bought the inch long frog.

[Crystal6]

I actually witnessed it chirping today. Very strange though. Does their chirping mean they are able to mate?

[1beataway]

I don't think so, if they're very young. The chirping I noticed with mine was very different from their nightly croaking now.