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Well - half of my 4 wood frog tads have arms now. Amazing how that works - the hind legs develop gradually from buds, & the front legs just seem to pop out of a lump, fully formed, with tiny fingers & all. Plus I see them moving their arms as they swim, already! Wonderful little guys

Anyway, I've not seen them clambering up onto surface stuff yet - they're still gill-breathing, it looks like. Sometimes it seems like they gulp/spit out a bubble or two at the surface. So I guess I want to know, how long til they're climbing onto land? Or, how much tail will they have yet when they go terrestrial? I guess what I really wanna know is, at what point should I switch 2 of them into the forest-floor vivarium with wide, shallow water dish, instead of their small 2.5 gallon with beaver-dam-looking sticks & log debris (from the native pond) for climbing onto?

Thanks!
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~kimhotep

Wow, yours are going a bit faster than mine. Mine have only just gotten tiny rear legs, and that's only some of them. But you don't have that long to go, maybe a month at the most I would guess? I would leave them in their current setup but make sure some of the wood is sticking out above the water so they can easily climb out. Also make sure you have a good top on there when they're about to change! Also you should have the terrestrial setup all ready for any froglets that emerge from water completely.
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*~Ginevive~*