Captive reared frogs released back to wild

[Namio]

Hello.

Those are all great reasons. I hope that you feel better soon and that, when you do, you'll have the opportunity to keep and raise some tadpoles. To me, it is one of the greatest experiences in the world.

God Bless,
Joh

Thank you Joh! It's been a great joy following you and others on this thread. Keep them coming!

[BugBoy99]

Thank you Joh! It's been a great joy following you and others on this thread. Keep them coming!

Thank you so much for the kind words. And, to everyone who has made me feel so welcome, I truly appreciate it.

I did have one species between the Xenopus, and the last species, but the tadpoles were quite far developed, and I could not feed the froglets, so I released them the day after I caught them. I don't have any photos of the tadpoles or froglets, but the adults are very, very common, so I will post some pictures of them. The species is Amietophrynus gutturalis, the Guttural Toad, and they are quite a beautiful species. I kept a few of the adults for about a week, just to observe them. I thought of keeping them for longer but, after a week, they were already showing signs of becoming tame. And, since I did not think that I would be able to find homes for them if the situation should arise that I could no longer keep them, I released them. Oh, getting the adults to eat is not a problem, they ate just about everything I gave them, except worms, and very small creatures. The froglets can be very small when they metamorphose, so I think they will be hard to feed.


Male, as seen by dark yellow throat

Female, as seen by white throat

They are really very common, but also quite beautiful, for a toad.

They do not breed in small amounts of water. But, during winter, the males form choruses around each and every puddle of water, a beautiful sound which really makes one quite sorry to see winter come to an end. They eventually move down to larger quantities of water to breed, at the beginning of spring(from my own observation). And, there they lay up to 20,000 eggs.

That is all for now, I will post pictures of my Common River Frogs later, they are the last species that I raised.

[BugBoy99]

The last species that I raised was the Common River Frog, Amietia angolensis. Unfortunately, I do not have pictures of the tadpoles, but I will post pictures of the frogs. And, I will not be releasing all the froglets. I hope to start a small breeding colony, as there are many people in Richards Bay with an interest in keeping frogs. But, there are few species imported from overseas, and I do not believe in collecting animals directly from the wild in order to sell them into the pet trade. So, in order to have species in the pet trade, I would like to breed this species, and introduce the offspring to the pet trade.

I raised the tadpoles, entirely on fish flakes, and blanched lettuce. They grow quite slowly but still at a reasonably fast rate. I also did partial water changes once a week. The froglets are extraordinary jumpers. They jump really fast, really high, and really far. And, they love eating just as much as they love jumping.




I'm afraid that I don't have too much information on this species. I think that it must be the easiest species that I ever raised.

I hope that someone enjoys the froglets, nonetheless.


Sincerely,
Joh