Amazon milk frogs

[bogalog]

Hi all,

Im new to this forum, and dont yet own any frogs.

Recently, I've been doing research into keeping frogs, and it seems 3 commonly come up as easy to keep for beginners like me - white's tree frog, the horned frog, and fire bellied toads.

I nearly settled on keeping a horned frog, and even found a green horned frog I liked the look of in a shop, but seeing WTF and the titular amazon milk frog in the flesh has made my decision harder. The sales guy who was helping me told me that his first frogs were milk frogs and they weren't hard to keep at all

Does anyone have any experience with milk frogs? Do they need to be kept in pairs for company? I have found one caresheet here: Amphibian Care >> Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) Care
From what I've read, they are somewhat similar to WTFs, but I'd rather get some first hand experience.

My only concern is whether they will disturb my sleeping, as I need to keep them in my bedroom.

I would look at getting an exo-terra enclosure no matter what frog I bought, which size is most suitable for tree frogs? 45x45x45cm? (~20gallons) 45x45x60cm? (~26gallons) bigger? At these kind of volumes, size definitely becomes an issue for me.

Thanks for reading,

Josh

[John]

They are pretty easy to take care of - no more so than White's, and at least with Milk Frogs, most are captive bred (perhaps all?). They could keep you up at night though - males can call at night and I wouldn't want them in my bedroom if I were you. Milk Frogs are not small - I would go for the 45x45x60cm terrarium if I were you.

[Ebony]

Wow.. I just looked them up. I always thought they were small frogs. Im always learning.

[Paul Rust]

Amazon Milk Frogs are my favorite non-dart frogs. I think they are absolutely gorgeous. They do get large as John said.
Welcome to the forum.

[bogalog]

Thanks for the replies guys.

I realise all frogs are different, but are they likely to be up all night, every night, or just the odd bit of noise?

I think if they are as easy as white's to keep, I would prefer the milk frogs, but the smaller enclosure and easier keeping of the horned frog (as well as them being quieter and diurnal) keeps making me reconsider.

Are they really going to keep me up all night every night?

[John]

When they're in breeding mode, the males could well call for much of the night - that would probably happen in your summer time, unless you maintain a fairly constant temperature and humidity - which I would advise.

[michael novy]

Thanks for the replies guys.

I realise all frogs are different, but are they likely to be up all night, every night, or just the odd bit of noise?

I think if they are as easy as white's to keep, I would prefer the milk frogs, but the smaller enclosure and easier keeping of the horned frog (as well as them being quieter and diurnal) keeps making me reconsider.

Are they really going to keep me up all night every night?

If memory serves right, horned frogs sound like a lamb getting slaughtered.. Milkys sound like someone farted (my opinion), so it all depends what you fancy I guess..lol..