Cruziohyla calcarifer

[earthtiger]

Leon, Chapeau! and congrats - great job you did there! And thanks for posting the photos!

This morning i came back from work and i found this huge egg mass, considering C. calcarifer only lay one mass of around 10 - 20 eggs i was very surprised with this one as it was around 30 - 40 blue eggs.

According to the literature, the clutches consist of 10 to 54 eggs, layed in a short time frame in the morning before 10.00 am.

BTW, don't be afraid when the egg mass gets "cloudy". That is normal for this species.

I've bred A. annae and A. callidryas before, but i got to say this is one of the most curious leaf frogs regarding breeding habits, i will be definitely writing an article on the breeding habits of this animal probably for next year. If someone is interested on knowing more details i will gladly get back to you via PM.

yes we are interested in getting more infos how you got them to clutch - at least I am! =:-)

...and please keep us updated on the development of the eggs, tadpoles and froglets! =:-)

kind regards,
Martin