Care Sheet for Tree FrogsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.67 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 07/17/2005 |
Main Category: | Aquatic/Land |
Sub Category: | Tree Frogs |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Hyla VABeach |
Years Experience: | 15 to 20 Years |
Species: | Squirrel Treefrog |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | N/A |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Highly and extremely difficult to identify as a Squirrel Treefrog without except by process of elimination. My experience is that the males tend to be smaller, spotted and brown most of the time. The females tend to have a less defined stripe than a Green treefrog down the side and is bright green during warm weather and brown during cold weather. Both also have brown ears. |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | A small water dish. A small toddler’s sipping cup without the lid works well. |
Lighting and UVB: | They love the dark. Very nocturnal. Will remain hidden during the day. Sometimes, Squirrel Treefrogs "huddle" together under leaves or logs. I put a log with fake plants on it for the bottom of an aquarium, and they seem to enjoy hiding under the "leaves" and the log. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | 70-80 degrees seems to work. Humidity 60-80% appx. |
Heating and Equipment: | None |
Caging Provided: | A high tank is good as Squirrel Treefrogs like to climb high into the treetops. (has been known to drop from the treetops prior to rainstorms in Florida). 20 gallon for 2-3 seems to work for me. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Crickets, mealworms, moths, fireflies (which are cool because the fireflies still glow from inside after they’re eaten). If it’s live and it’s an insect they’ll love it. Can eat as large as medium crickets, but best to serve up pinheads or small crickets if from the pet store. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | You can provide, but I tend to try and provide food native to the area that they would encounter in the wild, and they seem to do really well with that. |
Maintenance: | Important to clean the tank at least every other week if not weekly. Because they climb they tend to soil up the sides of the tank pretty quick.
Wash your hands before and after handling them. |
Some Words on this Species: | Chameleons of the treefrog world. Very easy to care for and unpredictable in terms of coloration (which is the fun part). They tend to call when there is little noise in the house.
I’ve yet to see one in a petstore, but they are often found in the wild in semi-urban areas as well as near swamps and rivers. Sometimes enters brackish water. |
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