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Has anyone heard of a "Rainbow Tree Frog"? I rescued one from a pet store and the twits couldn't tell me where it was from or the correct species. I say "rescued" because it is only a bit over 1/2 inches in size, and the crickets in the cage were much bigger than the frog! The cage was dry, with no water and there was a hole in the lid due to the light having melted the plastic. I can't describe the frog very well, as I only saw it briefly before it burrowed in the dirt in my cage. It is smooth and bronze in color. I know there are dark stripes, but I don't remember where, and I think it was light colored on the underside. Is this enough to identify it or should I dig him out and give you more to go on? Thanks!

Enormous brown eyes? Stripes on the thighs and sides of abdomen? Is the back concave -- a little sway-backed? Lastly, if it jumps halfway across the room in a single leap, you may have one of the Leptopelidae. L. vermiculatus is most common in the pet trade.

HC

Not sure if this will help, but i've seen Hyla ebraccata listed as rainbow tree frogs.

~Ben

Sounds like Afrixalus fornasini (fornasinii ?). These guys have a color range from yellow to brown and fits your description.

Heres a couple links:

http://www.lurche-kerfe.de/fornasi.html
http://www.rieo.net/amph/exfrog/hyper/afrixa/forna.htm
http://www.savannah.fr/acatalog/SAVANNAH_Amphibiens_51.html
http://www.calacademy.org/research/herpetology/frogs/list16.html
http://www.wildsky.net/frogs/banana.htm

Donn