Cant decide!Stolzmanni or Caatinga?

[kluas88]

I still have the opurtunity to either get a stolzmanni trio or a caatinga trio. Which would you choose? I currently have an ornate trio that I plan on breeding and was wondering what species I could get next to attempt to breed? I really like the size and color of caatinga but it is more common than stolzmanni. But stolzmanni is kind of bland and small compared to caatinga.

Also since i will most likely be buying sibling trios is it okay to breed them? Are there any negatives to inbreeding horned frogs?

Should I just buy more ornates and stick with them for now?

[Kevin1]

Between the two I would get a Caatinga. They're U.S. captive bred and come from a good source. The Caatinga is very closely related to the Ornate and have similar care requirements. If your goal is to breed though, I would get more Ornates. The more you get the more likely you'll succeed. It's better to have a higher ratio of males to females. The males calling will stimilate more males to also call which many believe will help "ripen" the girls eggs for fertilization. In the wild it's usually many frogs congregating in a pool to breed. It's hardly ever a pair or trio, not to say it doesn't happen though.

[kluas88]

Also does anyone know were to get red ornates? Not ornates with red on them but almost completely red ornates.

[EpicFrogMan]

Hybrids all the way. My Caatanga was WEAK. it looked nice but so fragile.

[bshmerlie]

My Stolzmanni's are little powerhouses. Small but "MIGHTY". I think they have "little frog syndrom"

[EpicFrogMan]

[kluas88]

I dont believe in mixing any species or localities. I think I am going to stick with ornates.

What do you mean your caatinga was fragile?

The stolzmanni are a lot of money for small frogs with cranwelli color and patterns.