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My 5 year old came home with about 50 little itty-bitty frogs. He got them at a baseball game. the kids were digging in a grassy field area when tons of these guys came hopin out!!!! They are soooo cute and we'd like to keep a few. Only question is I can I tell if its a frog or toad?? They are about an inch in size. Kinda grayish green with tiny spots. I'd like to know what it is so we can properly care for them. We have a bearded dragon so we already have food(crix, worms) and a 15 gallon tank our beardie used to use. Any help would be great! We'd love to keep them if possible. Thnx for oyur help!!

It is impossible to determine the species with your description and without knowing where you got them from. Whether or not it is a frog or toad is inconsequential (since all toads are frogs), their specific care will be the same at this point.

Some things you should know about taking care of these guys: they need to eat very small insects that are live, namely pinhead crickets and fruit flies. If you do not have access to these with the next day or two release them all or else you risk starving them. Taking care of amphibians is nothing like a reptile, you have to understand that they must have exceptionally clean habitats, clean and dechlorinated water, and should not be handled.

The best thing you can be right now is to set them up any tank with moist paper towels, preferably the brown unbleached kind, or at least the solid white kind. Tip the tank to one side so that the dechlorinated water collects on one side a quarter of an inch in-depth. This is to give them access to water since they can easily dry out at this size, but it is easy to get out of the water so they do not drown.

Start searching on the Web now for general amphibian care.
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Thnx for the info. We have crix and a tank. I was going to use peat moss for bedding and some rocks. how does that sound. by the way my beardie tank is spic'n'span' and so will the frog tank. My kids are a little upset that they can't touch them. but thats okay they can hold the dragon.

use damp paper towels now, it'll be easier for them to catch their foods, and for you to see how they are doing. Possibly as they grow older you can switch them over.

Thnx Kyle, thats a great idea!!! but do I need to put a water dish in as well or just damp paper towels??

do what cochicine said, tilt the tank just a little bit.
or ya, a water bowl with maybe just a little bit of water, maybe less than half an inch, change it daily and make sure its dechlorined. Also make sure the frogs/toads can have easy access in and out of the water dish.