Hey guys, new member...

[jasonm96]

Hey welcome to the forum.

1. I doubt all of the frogs petco sell are wild caught but green tree frogs and fire-bellied toads. White's tree frogs are captive-bred all the time, there's a lot of money to make from them because they produce so much and fetch a decent price. I think Australia's pretty strict with the protection of their animals now because all the trouble they've had in the past. If you plan to introduce another frog at any point in time, make sure it's the same species and that it has been quarantined beforehand, so not to introduce any sickness to the others.

2. Females are usually larger in most frogs, the exception being African bullfrogs, where the male is. The nautical pads will only be visable during the breeding season, as that's when they need them. As Whites produce thousands of eggs, if you're looking for a pair to breed you'd need a lot of space to do this, they're usually bred in large commercial facilities. You could cull of some of the eggs, however. Most tadpoles in the wild never reach adulthood like they would bred in captivity, that's why they lay so many.

3. You can feed them local bugs but the problem is the risks of pesticides from where you find them. It's safer to feed them captive bred bugs and you'll need to feed quite a few too, these frogs are gannets.

4. There's several books and online articles on how to breed crickets. I've never bothered to do this, they need several tanks and I'd rather save the space for more frogs lol. Consider culturing roaches, which only really need one large plastic bin.

Jason