Help with frog classification

[artangel86]

hello,

I am new to raising/caring for frogs. A friend of mine brought of SEVERAL tadpoles out of a friends pool about 4 months ago. I didnt know how to care for them so I put them in a vase, cleaned the water regularly and fed them tadpole pellets crushed up. I had several that got eaten dispite regularly feeding and had 3 froglets die. I was told that they were to not come out of a water environment until they had no tail at all and I believe they ended up drowning I do however have 2 that seem to be doing well in the new habitat I created for them. I am however, not sure exactly what kind of frogs I have. They are tree frogs I know this much since they have sticky pads and climb around the habitat a lot. Can someone please help with telling me what kind of frogs I have? Also they have been in the new habitat for about a week now and will crawl around but for the majority hang out in one spot. I have tried feeding them flightless fruit flies but they dont seem interested. The flies crawl all over them and around them and they just hop away? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the long post. Have a great day

P.S. I have posted a few pics maybe this will help. Norma Jean is the smaller and darker colored, she just got all her legs and transitioned to the habitat on August 4th. James Dean is the slightly larger and lighter one. In these pics he looks smaller but he is actually bigger than she is by a little bit. He developed all his legs and was transitioned to the habitat on July 29th.

[artangel86]

Oh and neither of them really have any tail left, just a little numb that just looks like a bump on the booty.

[Lacibeth]

Which state are you in?

[artangel86]

I am in East Tennessee.

[Lacibeth]

Hmm, all I have at the moment is a WAG, but probably a Hyla spp. Hopefully someone w/ a better idea will chime in.

[John]

If you're definitely in Eastern TN then they have to be Pseudacris crucifer, Pseudacris ferrarium, or slightly less likely, Pseudacris brachyphona. These are small tree frogs, though they are not as arboreal as their larger relatives in the genus Hyla. You can raise them in the same way as you raise Gray Tree Frogs (follow the Care Articles link at the top of this page). I would tend to favor Pseudacris ferrarium. You can read more about Tennessee's frogs here: TWRA: TN's Frogs and Toads

[artangel86]

Yep we are in east tn, I live in the foothills of the smokies Thanks for your response. How big can I expect these little ones to get? They are about the size of my ring finger fingernail at the moment. I hope they start showing interest in eating soon, that I am really worried about, I dont want them to starve.

[Lacibeth]

If you're definitely in Eastern TN then they have to be Pseudacris crucifer, Pseudacris ferrarium, or slightly less likely, Pseudacris brachyphona. These are small tree frogs, though they are not as arboreal as their larger relatives in the genus Hyla. You can raise them in the same way as you raise Gray Tree Frogs (follow the Care Articles link at the top of this page). I would tend to favor Pseudacris ferrarium. You can read more about Tennessee's frogs here: TWRA: TN's Frogs and Toads

I was leaning toward P. brachyphona as my WAG. Shouldn't P. ferarium have fairly pronounced lateral line? My P. maculata had that line as soon as they lost their tails.

[John]

Yep we are in east tn, I live in the foothills of the smokies Thanks for your response. How big can I expect these little ones to get? They are about the size of my ring finger fingernail at the moment. I hope they start showing interest in eating soon, that I am really worried about, I dont want them to starve.

If they still have nubbins of their tails then they won't eat yet. Read that care article I told you about.

I was leaning toward P. brachyphona as my WAG. Shouldn't P. ferarium have fairly pronounced lateral line? My P. maculata had that line as soon as they lost their tails.

You're braver than I am. I would give them few weeks and it should be more conclusive.