Care Sheet for Tree FrogsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 0 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 06/28/2007 |
Main Category: | Aquatic/Land |
Sub Category: | Tree Frogs |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Freek |
Years Experience: | 5 to 10 Years |
Species: | Barking Tree Frog |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | N/A |
Sexing and Characteristics: | The throat of males is green or yellow, while females usually have little or no coloration to their throat. Males also bark.
Barking tree frogs usually get around 2 inches, and are bright green but may sometimes turn light or dark brown. They also may have small lemon colored spots scattered along their back.
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Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Almost any kind of substrate can be used, as long as it doesn’t have pieces that the frog can swallow in it. Fish gravel isn’t recommended.
I use decoration or river rocks. They are large enough that the frog can not fit them into it’s mouth, and they are cheap and easy to clean.
For a natural look, potting soil or other types of soil or dirt may me used as long as they don’t have any chemicals or small rocks or pieces in them and they can retain moisture fairly well. The only downside to this that I have found is that it begins to stink and gnats and other small annoying bugs like to live in it.
A large deep bowl of water is recommended. If you caught your frog from the wild, it should know how to swim and get out of any bowl. If you bought it, try not to get the water so deep that the frog is unable sit in it. |
Lighting and UVB: | These frogs don’t really need much light. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Room temperature heat unless you live in especially cold place.
Mist the tank once or twice daily to keep the humidity up. |
Heating and Equipment: | The barking tree frog can be kept at room temperature unless you happen to live in an especially cold place. In that case, a heat lamp or heating pad is recommended. never use heat rocks. they can burn and dry out your frogs skin.
If you decide to heat the tank, only keep one side of the tank with light or heat. on the other side of the tank, have the water bowl and a hiding place.
Large thick branches and broad leaved strong plants are recommended for climbing. If none of these are available, the frog will probably stick to a corner all day sleep. |
Caging Provided: | A 10 Gallon tank for each barking tree frog. Arboreal tanks are recommended. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | A barking tree frog will eat ANYTHING it can fit into it’s mouth as long as it is alive. Occasionally, as stated before, other things can be swallowed as well.
Crickets, Grasshoppers, Moths, Meal Worms {if you crush the head with tweezers}, beetles or any other small non poisonous insect.
They have also been known to eat smaller frogs.
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Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | If you are only feeding your frog one thing, such as crickets or grasshoppers, a calcium powder is recommended. |
Maintenance: | Spot the enclosure about once a day. If you can spot the poo, get it out. This will be pretty easy if you use the rocks mentioned above as the substrate.
It is best not to use any chemical when cleaning the tank. If you do, be sure to rinse out the enclosure very well before letting the frog back into it.
water bowl should be cleaned out once every 3 days or whenever it looks especially dirty. |
Some Words on this Species: | These frogs are fairly easy to take care of, but they aren’t much fun to watch unless you’re a night owl.
DO NOT HOUSE WITH SMALLER PETS! if your barking tree frog gets hungry.. your smaller pet will be eaten. It’s best not to house with any other specie of frog. |
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