Hi all

I was recently very, very lucky to get my hands on this stunning Ceratophrys cranwelli x Ceratophrys cornuta. I am really excited about this as it is extremely difficult to find exotic frogs in South Africa and when they do pop up you have to act really fast to get them.

Just a few questions I have for some of the guys keeping them:

I have a tank set up for him that sits at 28 directly above the under tank heating pad (and one on the side while we still in Winter) with the cool side dropping to around 20 degrees. The substrate I used is a mix between peat moss and organic top soil. I have the water bowl placed above the heating pad to help with the humidity and there are some slate stones and some sphagnum moss on one corner with a fern just to give it some sort of 'prettiness'. I find that during the day he is under the soil and then at night he is out or semi submerged. Is this normal as I thought they were diurnal?

He has eaten a few large crickets ( I know this as they not hopping around the cage anymore) and I had to assit feed him a giant mealworm and fuzzy the second day to ensure he got some food in him. I thought they were quite ferocious feeders, but so far he has been very reluctant to 'launch' at anything I dangle infront of him with forceps... How do you guys usually feed yours?

Please feel free to critique anything that I have done with the setting up of the viv or feeding and any further advice that I will need.

Here is a pic of him in the meantime (size is just smaller than a coke can circumference). Once I've given him an awesome semi natural viv setup I'll post some better pics.

Thanks in advance!