Green Tree Frog burned :(

[jasonm96]

Hi the thermometer should be right under the heat lamp, remember they are aboreal, so the floor temperature doesn't matter too much. You want to use a digital one, then place it on a branch directly under the bulb, whilst the analogue thermometer can measure the ambient temperature. 10-gallon tanks are really too small for tree frogs, despite what others may say. It's also very easy to overheat them. In larger tanks a better thermal gradient can be created and more space for the frog to live. I think the frog could have perished due to too much heat and not enough space to get away from it. I have two and keep them in one of the 18" cubed exo terras and this is probably the minimum size tank I would keep them in but you can easily fit another two in this size of tank (18" cube)

[snittens]

Hi the thermometer should be right under the heat lamp, remember they are aboreal, so the floor temperature doesn't matter too much. You want to use a digital one, then place it on a branch directly under the bulb, whilst the analogue thermometer can measure the ambient temperature. 10-gallon tanks are really too small for tree frogs, despite what others may say. It's also very easy to overheat them. In larger tanks a better thermal gradient can be created and more space for the frog to live. I think the frog could have perished due to too much heat and not enough space to get away from it. I have two and keep them in one of the 18" cubed exo terras and this is probably the minimum size tank I would keep them in but you can easily fit another two in this size of tank (18" cube)

I measured the temperature with a different thermometer, not the one pictured. It's an infrared thermometer gun.
I do see now how there's really no cool side for the frog to go to. I probably didn't need both the lamp and the heat mat. Poor frogs

[jasonm96]

Because there's no branch under the bulb a temp gun isn't best as it measures the temps of objects, not the air, So you may have got a bad reading. I wouldn't let this put you off getting more as it was an unfortunate mistake but I would get a good book and a bigger tank, something taller so the frog isn't too close to the heat source. They're pretty easy to keep frogs to set up and maintain, here's a pic of mine if it helps give you an idea. Heat bulb is over the jungle vine and at the back there's UVB. There's loads of space for the frogs to escape the heat but when they rest on the jungle vine it still a good few inches away to its not to hot. The basking spot is in the low 80s whilst the background temps are mid 70s. A 25w heat lamp is used for heat