Glass Frogs

[Viv]

Is anyone keeping these beautiful frogs in captivity? I know that Understory Enterprises are keeping and breeding them but their tadpoles are not that far in development and they take quite some time as tadpoles. I believe that they are frogs that hang around streams so in captivity do you have a stream running through the tank? Is Mark Pepper a member of this forum because if he is then I have a couple questions for him? Thanks for any info. Also, if you have seen them in the wild could you tell me about their habitat? If you have pictures also, I would really appreciate it. Thanks

[tjtreefrog]

I posted the same thing a week or so back, I'm not sure exactly. It seems that glass frogs are for the most part absent from the American trade unfortunately. I too would love to have these amazing frogs. There is a member from Costa Rica that posted to my thread, I believe he has seen them in their natural habitat. He is also a good source of captive info.

[bshmerlie]

Reptiles Excetera posted some Hula Punctatas for sale. They are not true glass frogs but they are very similar looking. They are also only $20 each as opposed to the several hundreds the true glass frogs are sure to command. But also remember none of these are beginner frogs including the Punctatas. The Punctatas are also wild caught which also brings in many other factors to considered.

[Viv]

Cheri- Yeah, I was on dendroboard when he posted it. I thought for a second that he was going out of buisness and then I realized that they were not true glass frogs.
Thomas- True, they are absent from the American trade. On youtube, there is a scientist or something who has a reserve in Costa Rica. He has a couple videos on the frogs and the tank. He has tanks that have streams in them for the glass frogs. The tank isn't that big but is kinda tall. If you want to see the video, search glass frogs. The title says Brian something with CRARC or something.

[bshmerlie]

Cheri- Yeah, I was on dendroboard when he posted it. I thought for a second that he was going out of buisness and then I realized that they were not true glass frogs.
Thomas- True, they are absent from the American trade. On youtube, there is a scientist or something who has a reserve in Costa Rica. He has a couple videos on the frogs and the tank. He has tanks that have streams in them for the glass frogs. The tank isn't that big but is kinda tall. If you want to see the video, search glass frogs. The title says Brian something with CRARC or something.

Understory Enterprises got their glass frogs from Brian.

[Viv]

How do you post links because I have a a link of a care sheet by that Brian person from the CRARC or whatever? I'll just right the link out. Here it is, http://www.reptilechannel.com/media/...ics-2.aspx.pdf

[Viv]

Wow, I managed to post a link!

[John911]

We had punctatas for about 2 months with no casualties yet. Put them in a heavily planted 18x18x24 exo and let them be. They have a pretty nice call.