New: Some advice

[CaptainMorgantown]

Hello!

I know that everyone says that you shouldn't mix frog species, but I do and I haven't had any problems whatsoever. I five frogs, only two of them are the same species, and I have two different terrariums set up for all five; one for the bigger frogs, one for the small ones. I have two dumpy tree frogs, which are by far my favorites, in one tank along with a giant golden tree frog. They all get along rather well, and my smaller of the two dumpys is almost always stuck on the side of the cage with the golden.

I did do some research before I put them together of course. They are from the same habitat, so I thought it would be okay. It's been about three months since I bought the golden, and like I said, there have been no problems. There is only one frog that I have ever housed separately, and it was my red eye tree frog, who passed away from worms apparently

Honestly, if you really want to mix frog species, do some reading on each frog, find out where they are from and what they like. Just make sure not to put big frogs in with small ones

[Kurt]

I have two dumpy tree frogs, in one tank along with a giant golden tree frog. They all get along rather well, and my smaller of the two dumpys is almost always stuck on the side of the cage with the golden.

I did do some research before I put them together of course. They are from the same habitat, so I thought it would be okay. It's been about three months since I bought the golden, and like I said, there have been no problems.

Yet. You haven't had a problem yet. Believe me its coming like a frieight train.

Honestly, if you really want to mix frog species, do some reading on each frog, find out where they are from and what they like. Just make sure not to put big frogs in with small ones

Rotten advice. Sorry, but I strongly disagree. Golden treefrogs, Polypedates leucomystax and White's treefrogs, Litoria caerulea are not from the same enviroment, family, contitnent, or even the same eco-zone. You will never find them together in the wild. One is from Asia, the other from New Guinea and Australia. Even if they lived in the same forest, they still would never be as physically close as they are forced to be in the home terrarium. The problem with ectothermic animals, is that they don't show signs of illness, generally, until its too late. So your wrong in your statement and its only a matter of time before there is a problem.

[CaptainMorgantown]

Both Whites and Golden tree frogs are found in Indonesia, so they are both found on the same continent and are in the same country. The breeder that I bought all of my frogs from told me that he has housed goldens and dumpys together for years and has never had any problems. I asked him if there would be any trouble with putting them with my dumpy, and he said that if they were the same size, there would be no problem. I feed all of my frogs individually, and all of them are eating, none are lethargic.

I am not trying to be a jerk or anything, but the only people that I have heard say not to house frog species together are the people on the internet. I have two friends that own frogs, and they have two different species mixed also and one has had her frogs for years. I just think it's not a big deal as long as you are smart about doing it :/

[1beataway]

I have made some references to a friend of mine who had a few different frogs in a tank. This included some White's and a golden treefrog. There was no aggression towards each other, and it seemed as if there are no problems for a while. However, she did have one get red-leg, and she had to isolate it. Then a few months later, one of her frogs died. I didn't think anything of it until hearing all the good advice on here saying not to mix frogs.

[Kurt]

White's are not found in Asia. Indonesian White's come from Irian Jaya, which is the western half of New Guinea. Goldens may be found Indonesia, but the closest they come to New Guinea is the island of Suluwesi.

Come to the NEWC or the Havard Museum of Comparative Zoology and they will back up what I am saying.

[CaptainMorgantown]

The western half of New Guinea is Indonesia.

Goldens are found in Indonesia and New Guinea:
Common Bush Frog

Whites are found in Indonesia and New Guinea:
White's Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) Species Profile: Housing, Diet, and Care

I really do care about my frogs and I did my research before I put them with each other, and if the day comes when one or the other two become sick, then I will gladly separate them.

[Rokit]

i was thinking more like red eyed and tiger legged...

[Kurt]

This is the range map for Polypedates leucomystax - http://berkeleymapper.berkeley.edu/r...1&opacity=0.50&

Litoria caerulea - http://berkeleymapper.berkeley.edu/r...1&opacity=0.50&

You will notice that the White's treefrog barely ranges on to New Guinea and that most of it's territory is in the Outback, which is mostly desert. Yes they can be found in tropical rain forest as well, i.e., New Guinea and Cape York, QLD.

As far as Polypedates leucomystax being present on New Guinea, it is an introduced species. Litoria caerulea has been introduced to southern Florida. Would you house green treefrogs, Hyla cinerea with one?

You can either choose to believe me or not. At this point I don't really care, because I know you will do whatever you will do regardless of what I have to say. I have been keeping frogs for a very long time, as well as writing and lecturing about them, I do know what I am talking about.

[CaptainMorgantown]

I'm honestly not trying to offend you or anything. You pretty much said that my opinion was wrong, I know that you didn't say those words, when all I gave at first was my opinion. But you pretty much just proved my original point: Whites and Goldens are found in the same habitat. Yes, some Whites live and thrive in very different conditions, but they CAN live with Golden tree frogs. It's not a crime to put different species together if they don't eat or hurt each other, so please don't act like I'm a cruel person.

Also, when my other Whites tree frog was a baby, I did have him in a tank with a green tree frog, and they are both still alive and well.