Baby Toads sold out till Spring 2012
You will be getting my baby toads/frogs that I have raised here.They will be about
1/2" to 3/4" long. You will be getting one similar to the photos shown. I love
to watch these guys...they are very active (so funny) and I love to watch them
eat! They love to be in groups...I have a hill in my tank that I call "Toad
Hill" as they all love to gather there and look around. The older toads love to
croak at night! Listen below...they sound really neat.
You will get 1 live toad frog sent via priority mail. These are packed
with damp moss to provide coolness and water during the trip. The frog you will
be getting is about 1/2"-3/4" .
So as not to sit in your mailbox or porch in the
sun... Shipping includes the price of signature confirmation which is to
assure that someone does get this package. This is my guarantee and yours that
you did get the box. Upon opening please email me so I know your little one was
alive. If it arrives DOA you can ship back to me for a full refund or take a
picture of the DOA and email me. This must be done within 24 hours of the
signature confirmation. Please email me when you get your baby as I am always
anxious to know he made the trip!
I feed my babies meal worms, gnats ,termites,ants and small
crickets,spiders.
Adult American toads are generalists. They eat a wide variety of insects
and other invertebrates, including snails, beetles, slugs, and earthworms.
Unlike most toads, who wait for prey to come along and pounce on it, American
toads can shoot out their sticky tongues to catch prey. They also may use their
front legs in order to eat larger food. They grasp their food and push it into
their mouths. One American toad can eat up to 1,000 insects every day.
Toads do not drink water but soak it in, absorbing moisture through their
skin.
The skin color of American toads is normally a shade of brown, but it can
also be red with light patches, olive, or gray. The bellies are a white or
yellow color. Toad skin color changes depending on temperature, humidity, and
stress. The color change ranges from yellow to brown to black. American toads
have four toes on each front leg and five toes connected together by a webbing
on each hind leg. The pupils of American toads are oval and black with a circle
of gold around them. The sexes can be distinguished in two ways. Males have dark
colored throats, of black or brown, while females have white throats and are
lighter overall. Also, female American toads are larger than male American
toads. American toads are between 50 and 100 mm in length but are usually around
75 mm. American toads can be distinguished from other species of toads by the
presence of several dark spots on their backs which contain only one or two
warts each.
Listen to its Call: A prolonged, high-pitched trill that may last
more than 30 seconds Size: 5.1-11.1 cm in length (2-4.4 inches) Coloring: Highly
variable in color, ranging from tan, brown, or reddish brown to gray or olive.
Most individuals have dark, rounded spots on the back, each of which encircles
one or two warts. A light line may run down the middle of the back. The throat
and belly are whitish or yellowish with black or gray spotting. Habitat: Widely
ranging throughout the Great Lakes region; can be found in urban parks, suburban
backyards, farmland, savannas, prairies and forests. When not out looking for
food, eastern American toads will keep cool by spending much of their time
buried in dirt, leaves, or beneath logs or rocks. They dig into the ground
backwards, using their hind feet as shovels. In the winter, they simply burrow
deeper to escape the cold
The photos are similar representations of what I have
for sale now. They have been hatching in my small garden pools and love to hang
out on the pickerel rush plants. You will get 1 live tree frog sent via priority
mail. These are packed with damp moss to provide coolness and water during the
trip. The frog you will be getting is about 1/2"-3/4" long.
The Pacific Tree Frog
New Babies for 2011 now posted for sale!
A very common species on the west coast of Northern
California but lives everywhere from sea level up to over 11,000 ft. They are
found in shades of greens or browns and even have been known to change between
them. They live in many types of habitats and reproduce in aquatic settings. The
Pacifica frog/Chorus frog can change color from a bright green to a brown
depending on surroundings...see the photos here which are the same species. One
has the bright green skin that indicates it's been hiding in the vegetation. The
other was found closer to the rocks and its skin was camouflaged accordingly.
They are a small tree-frog attaining lengths up to 2
inches. The voice of this frog is known around the world - the "ribbit" that
Hollywood uses in all of its films as the "standard" frog call is actually the
call of the Pacific Tree frog!
Their skin color can change to match the environment,
being with green or brown. Both of these tiny frogs are only half an inch long!
In the spring, their calls are commonly heard near riparian areas. They are the
only western frog whose call is a ribbit. Their toes have little rounded toe
pads on them. These help the frog to climb and stick to things. Pacific tree-frogs can be either green or tan in color, but all have a dark eye stripe.
Eggs are laid underwater, attached to vegetation, in
round-ish clumps about an inch in diameter. The tiny eggs are visible as dark
dots in the jelly-like egg mass. As they develop, you can see the tiny tadpoles
grow tails. When they are about ready to hatch, the tadpoles will start to
squirm inside the egg mass. The tadpoles are small and dark. You will find them
in ponds, puddles, rivers and streams. As the tadpoles metamorphose into frogs,
they are able to leave the water and live on land.
Click below to go to a
link that will play this: A 35 second recording of a large group of
Northern Pacific Tree-frogs calling at night from a pond in Del Norte County. It
begins with one frog breaking the silence, then others quickly follow until the
chorus rises in volume before it is faded out. This is the typical sound of a
large chorus of these frogs, which often continues for more than ten
minutes.
Gray Tree
frogs
Introduction: Gray tree
frogs are medium-sized tree frogs native to eastern North America. They are
common in much of their range near small bodies of water, and are often
encountered by humans during the breeding season in spring. If you capture one
in the wild and keep it in captivity, do not release it. There are two species
of gray tree frog: Hyla chrysoscelis and Hyla versicolor, both
of which look identical and can only easily be told apart by their call. In
captivity they both require the same care. Adults reach a size of around 2
inches (5 cm). As their common name suggests, most are predominantly gray,
although their ventral side is a light white, and on the inside of their hind
legs there are two bright orange or yellow flash marks. Gray tree frogs have the
ability to change color depending on temperature, humidity, light intensity, and
the color of their surroundings. They can range from bright green, to pale
white, to dark brown, although most of the time they remain gray. Juveniles are
generally green in color and develop their gray adult coloration as they mature.
A gray tree frog showing green coloration
Photos by Tom
Streich
Cage: Although gray
tree frogs are nocturnal and usually remain motionless during the day, at night
they become active and will use all of the room they are provided with in
captivity. A 15 gallon high aquarium that measures 20 inches long by 10 inches
wide by 18 inches high (51cm by 25cm by 46cm) is large enough for two adult
frogs, although more room is better. A tight-fitting screen cover is essential
to prevent escapes. It may be helpful to cover all but one side of the aquarium
with black poster board or aquarium background to help reduce stress and make
the frogs feel secure.
Shredded Green
Moss-Great substrate layer for terrarium &
Vivariums
This is a dried green moss (some moss may have active spores
still in it) that I like to get wet then place on top of my small stones that I
have placed first in my terrarium. I can then apply the organic soil onto the
moss. I then place the moss or plant the ferns onto this.
Vivarium use:It is best to
just get it all wet and lay down on your tank floor. Frogs love this damp moss!
It can be used 3-4 times buy picking it up and just washing it out to get rid of
the frog matters they leave behind.Then simply put it back down and there you
go!
This is also great in other applications like for decorating
birdhouses or anything else that you want a moss look but do not want to worry
about the care of the moss.