Big eyed Tree Frog

[clownonfire]

Our big eyed tree frog came out last night, after a few hours in the new terrarium. He woke us up this morning around 6am, perched on a vine, covered and protected by leaves around, comfortable in the dark, and croaking his heart out. Man, I’ve heard my fire-bellied toads sing, but this was precious.

[xdartfrogx]

Was the croaking pronounced like a grrrrrr- hum? I wish I could here him. I know the L. vermiculatus calls cause I have so many boys that call at night. I hope you love their voices as much as I do!

Our big eyed tree frog came out last night, after a few hours in the new terrarium. He woke us up this morning around 6am, perched on a vine, covered and protected by leaves around, comfortable in the dark, and croaking his heart out. Man, I’ve heard my fire-bellied toads sing, but this was precious.

[clownonfire]

Was the croaking pronounced like a grrrrrr- hum? I wish I could here him. I know the L. vermiculatus calls cause I have so many boys that call at night. I hope you love their voices as much as I do!

It's hard to say... We have cats too, and for a moment, I thought it was our cats meowing. He is alone in his vivarium, so I know it was not territorial (and he is in a vertical 35G on his own). The fire-bellied toads vivarium is not too far from him, doubt he could see them.

But when I got up, he was perched on a vine, and looked very comfortable and happy. He sang for 10 minutes, then stopped. It was lovely, I have to say, even if it startled my wife and I as it was the first time we heard him (he's been with us for just above 24 hours now).

So, these pics were taking this morning when he was croaking. It's exactly how he was, and almost at the highest point of the vivarium...

[xdartfrogx]

He's calling for a female. They have a call for girls and a territorial call when they are in the mood. Here's a pic of one of my females. The patterns are extremely similar, but these guys do have a nice pattern variety amongst their species. The v on the back of yours is likely to change a bit more over time as mine did. I'll try to get a better pic of one of my males tonight for you to compare. The one I have with the best pattern is hiding right now

[clownonfire]

Just beautiful. I guess we'll have to find him a terrarium-female friend...