Reed Frogs

[Viv]

Hi. I have some questions on these frogs.

1. What size tank do you need to keep around 4?
2. What substrate?
3. What plants/ perches do you need?
4. What temperature do you need to have?
5. What humidity should they be kept at?
6. What is the diet of these frogs?
7. Do you know anyone who is selling them right now?
8. And finally, do you breed them by putting them in a rain chamber?

Just answer as many questions as you can. If you have pictures, can you please post them. Thanks.

[charlamanda]

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[tgampper]

Reed frogs are awesome creatures! I had the opportunity to care for over 400 Madagascar reed frogs (Heterixalus madagascariensis and H. alboguttatus) at a local zoo. I was caring for them until the zoo's Madagascar exhibit opened. I recommend these two species because they are easy to care for and will breed easily in captivity.

A standard 20 gallon tank should hold up to 12 frogs. A soil and ground coconut husk will work well as a substrate. They like plenty of plants in the terrarium, especially thin stemmed ones for them to climb on. They require a tropical terrarium with a "hot spot" of about 90 degrees (F), with the rest of the cage around 75 degrees (F). At night, you can turn off the lights since they are quite tolerant of cooler temperatures. They also require a humidity gradient - dry during the summer, moist during the winter. Misting the cage either daily or several times a day may be required

Reed frogs like to bathe in water. Make sure the water is always cleaned and conditioned.

Food is the hardest part. They are heavy feeders and will require pinhead crickets or fruit flies. At the zoo, we maintained several fruit fly cultures as well as going through a lot of tiny crickets. We fed our frogs crickets on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and fruit flies on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Sunday feeding was a toss-up (whatever was available by then). We dusted the crickets with a multivitamin dust on Monday and calcium on Friday.

These frogs are very cool and I really enjoyed caring for them. Good luck!

[Viv]

Do you by any chance have pictures of the setup. I read somewhere that you could keep the semi-aquatic, is this true?