Ownership of their "space"

[Monkey Business]

My monkey frogs have each claimed a "spot" on the vine/branches for their sleeping spot. Every morning they are right there in the same place. IF I did not find pee in the water, and watch them run around and hunt in the PM, I could swear they literally never move.

I am curious if other tree frogs (and for that matter, terrestrial ones as well) do this?

And further, if they do the same thing in the wild, it would seem that they live in a fairly limited area; in other words, they stay close to the tree and area around it to hunt.

I remember as a kid having toad hides in the garden and every morning they were back in them-at least I thought it was the same one, who knows?

[Lija]

Hahahaha, welcome to waxies world! Nope waxies are just taking the word lazy to the whole new level lol when they are asleep you can gently move them from the branch to your finger and they will carry on sleeping and unless you set video camera or watch them at night you might think they never move.

[elly]

My male White's certainly don't claim territory. Maybe some other species of tree frogs do.

[glutes]

My whites "favorite spot" changes from week to week. My females do get grumpy when another frog moves in on their space though! I've seen kicking, irritable croaking, and my one female likes to climb on top of other frogs and hold them down... It seems that she is the alpha frog. I absolutely believe in frog politics!!


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[Cliygh and Mia 2]

My RETF always chose to perch on his stick, almost never anywhere else, but if I stayed up at night and watched him, he'd go down to hunt and soak in his water dish

[Monkey Business]

I wish I could stay up all night to see what happens; if the first faint ray of sun comes through the window, do they all trudge back to their designated spots to set themselves up like the immobile gargoyles they are? Not to mention change from olive to lime green?

Sorry about all the bird references but that is what I know well. In my store, at 6 or 7 pm (depends on time of year) all the birds simultaneously start to call (i.e. scream) to round up the troops and then assume the position for sleep; favorite perch, bed, etc. Wondering if frogs have any such group cues? I do know for sure that about 5 minutes after lights-out there is croaking for about 2 minutes and there must be a function for that-announcing where they are, this is my eating territory, who knows. I have heard others on the forum mention that.

Any night owls out there that have seen this-or not?