Pseudo-Splendida...?

[irThumper]

I read in The General Care and Maintenance of White's Tree Frogs and White-lipped tree frogs, by Philippe de Vosjoli (1990) that there was a Pseudo-Splendida (basically a mock Magnificent tree frog) strain being worked on, at least back then... anyone know what came about of that idea?? Magnificent tree frog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[MariePey]

I read in The General Care and Maintenance of White's Tree Frogs and White-lipped tree frogs, by Philippe de Vosjoli (1990) that there was a Pseudo-Splendida (basically a mock Magnificent tree frog) strain being worked on, at least back then... anyone know what came about of that idea?? Magnificent tree frog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is it really a strain or maybe some kind of mixed breed? From reading more about it it looks like a unknown and definetly misunderstood and unresearch kind of frog..

They look pretty sweet tho. Really look like Dumpy's. The yellow gives them a brighther look. Almost like a dumpy with a clown suit. Lol

YOu know any more info about them?

[irThumper]

At first I was a little confused by your reply, but I get the misunderstanding now, lol... The Wiki article is about the "Magnificent tree frog" (Litoria splendida) which is indeed the real deal! The book mentioned efforts to come up with a frog of White's breeding, I believe, which resembles Litoria splendida, which is not available outside the U.S. to my knowledge(?), hence the effort to make a "mock or faux" version.

[MariePey]

Sorry my french! Lol

A little tired and my english goes out the door.. lol. Think i partly read it wrong too lol


Thats interesting. Still to this day, i dont un derstand why people always want to have "faux" version of everything... i think ill research more about it. Very interesting.

[irThumper]

In this case it is likely because L. splendida isn't allowed to be exported out of Australia (or any other frog species for that matter, apparently) so folks who want one, but can't have one, were trying to make something similar :P They wouldn't wind up with those awesome yellow toes using just WTFs though :P

[MariePey]

Red eye tree frog and a WTF maybe? Lol

Ya australia appears to be very strict and protect their animals and living things. You cant get anything alive from there i dobt think. Tge plane ride aould be too long anyways.. lol

And sometimes.. when you cant get sonething, its not always a bad thing. It keeps it that exciting and dreamy sonething to look up for for a new adventure cherish nature at its best!