Looking for diurnal breeds of frogs

[Joyszoo]

So I love my frogs but would love to see more activity (playing frog hide and seek is fun). I have a 1 tomato, 2 white's, 5 green trees, 5 d.a.w.f. and a pyxie. Would like ones that can do well on cockroaches as my cricket breeding is not successful yet. Open to all suggestions.

[bshmerlie]

FIRE BELLY TOADS. I know you're probably thinking,"too entry level". But they do foot the bill. They are awake day or night, they are very playful, and they eat anything.

[Paul Rust]

Pacific Chorus Frogs become diurnal in captivity and are quite active.

[Joyszoo]

so was doing a web search and found these guys Nectophrynoides - sound really neat- now to find them for sale.......

[tgampper]

I doubt that the toads in the genera Nectophrynoides (Tanzania) and Nimbaphrynoides (Liberia and Guinea) would ever be available in the pet trade. Many species are endangered and have very limited ranges. You can check out one species, Morogoro Tree Frog (Nectophrynoides viviparus), by clicking on the link under Meet the Frog. The Kihansi spray toads (Nectophrynoides asperginis) is considered extinct in the wild. Many species are viviparous. You can see them at the Toledo, OH and the Bronx Zoos.

[JimO]

Even hatchling roaches might be too big for the largest dart frogs, but if you would be willing to culture fruit flies, you can't beat some of the larger terrestrial species for boldness and daytime activity. D. tinctorius azureus (my avatar) are my personal favorite. P. terribilis come in several color morphs and are said to be the boldest and one of the largest species (although I've never kept them). They have the added advantage of being compatible in groups, whereas the tinctorius and others are territorial and you would be limited to a pair for many of them. Fruit flies are pretty darn easy to culture and maintain.

[SethD]

I doubt that the toads in the genera Nectophrynoides (Tanzania) and Nimbaphrynoides (Liberia and Guinea) would ever be available in the pet trade. Many species are endangered and have very limited ranges. You can check out one species, Morogoro Tree Frog (Nectophrynoides viviparus), by clicking on the link under Meet the Frog. The Kihansi spray toads (Nectophrynoides asperginis) is considered extinct in the wild. Many species are viviparous. You can see them at the Toledo, OH and the Bronx Zoos.

Actually I saw a Nectophrynoides viviparus briefly offered for sale on kingsnake.com several months ago that had come in with other tanzanian imports. It was illegal because they are illegal to import though and the specimen offered for sale was promptly withdrawn. The whole genus of Nectophrynoides has been placed on the CITES I list, whether that was justified for the whole genus is highly debatable given the extremely limited amount of information they had, but either way hobbyists might as well forget about getting any of them as it is extremely unlikely to happen legally. At the moment we still have plenty of interesting and completely legal frogs and toads to chose from though that may change if the "defenders of wildlife" the anti-hunting, anti-reptile/amphibian hobbyist and anti-who knows what all group manges to get all amphibians not "certified" chytrid free added to the list of injurious wildlife under the lacy act as they are currently trying to do under the pretense of caring about the health of native amphibian populations.

[John911]

Agreed with Jimo. Our trio of tincs are great. At night the 3 of them will hide under a leaf together. Its too funny.