Posting the picture on inaturalist.com might help you find someone who can identify this frog. I've tried and I can't.
Posting the picture on inaturalist.com might help you find someone who can identify this frog. I've tried and I can't.
It isn't Hyla arborea. It looks like one of the Leptopelis species to me, possibly nordequatorialis or similar.
When you say you 'rescued' them, what do you mean exactly?
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Trachycephalus resinifictrix - Trachycephalus nigromaculatus - Agalychnis callidryas - Agalychnis spurelli - Phyllomedusa sauvagii - Phyllomedusa bicolor - Phyllomedusa vaillanti - Phyllomedusa tomopterna - Gastrotheca riobambae - Anotheca spinosa - Cruziohyla craspedopus - Cruziohyla calcarifer - Hyla arborea - Litoria caerulea.
Oh, some dude accidentally bred too many and couldn't look after them. He told me they were normal hyla arborea.
Also, if you're right, (which it looks like you are) this isn't good because the tank it set up for a temperate climate frog, not a tropical one. and I did my research on how to care for a common tree frog, not an exotic one. One was already looking a bit worse for wear when i got it. Anyone got any ideas on what i should do?
If you really can not care for the animal, perhaps you could put up a local wanted add, or try to find a home for the animals to make room for temperate ones![]()
A bit worrying that a breeder doesn't know what he's breeding! Can you ask him how he was keeping them? Where he got them? Or any other information? If they're Leptopelis they will of course need different temperatures, but H.arborea also live in countries where the daytime summer temperature is high so depending on how you're set up you might be OK while you're figuring things out. I'd go for a daytime temperature of around 25C which would cover most bases while you try and get more information.
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The original tank was fully planted and unheated. Heating would have killed the plants so I had to move them to a new set up in big plastic tub with generic tropical climate (Cameroon - the country they're from - has average temps of about 25C so you were right there). I can't find any care sheets on these frogs, so I've kinda done a big eyed/peacock frog set up. They're so cute I don't think I'm gonna get rid of them, but definitely gonna have some words with this 'breeder'. Thanks for all your help diver!
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