I live in Vancouver and about 2.5 years ago I bought a pair of Tarapoto's from a local pet-store. I set them up in 18x24x36 Exo terra: They settled quickly and within no time they where breeding furiously. I ended up having about 15 frogs and froglets in the in closure.
Weirdly It seemed that the offspring the pair produced where all males.
Has anyone ever experienced this. I've heard of some reptile species's sex being determined by the temp the eggs are incubated at but never with amphibians. Does anyone know what the reason for this could be?

Then about 6 months ago I moved and I stupidly did not notice that the cable and pipe opening at the top of the terrarium was big enough for them to get out. So tragically most them including my one female escaped and died :.(. I was heartbroken. I ended up having only 5 male frogs. After this happened the remaining males also stopped calling.
I assumed that it had something to do with that they did not have a female to impress.

In the meantime I've been trying to get the guys some female company. There is a bit of a scarcity with this morph here in Vancouver but I did manage to find a local hobbyist and bought what they thought was a male and a female.
I introduced them into my tank and I soon noticed after that my newest addictions where both calling. So now I have 7 males.

The calling of the new males has really rattled up the other guys and has ignited all sorts of turf wars and wresting matches. I'm probably going to have to separate then again to bring back some peace.

What is also interesting is that only the new guys are calling.

My partner suggested that I probably only had females and introduced 2 males. That would explain the lack of calling. I think this is improbable but perhaps I'm just really **** at sexing. I might be wrong but the type of aggressive wresting behavior as seen in the attached video is male on male right? Or are females also aggressive toward each other?...I will also try take some pics and attach them and ask any of you guys your sexing opinion.
Forgive the poor quality but they hate the paparazzi...

Thanks for taking the time to read this any opinions or inputs are appreciated
Also if anyone knows of Tarapoto's in BC I would love to hear from you.
Cheers
Rob



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