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Store says he is a golden Tree frog but he hasn't grown any since i have gotten him. So you guys and gals tell me.

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2 firebelly toads (Ernie and Oscar)
1 american green tree frog (Booger)
1 four line/golden tree frog (Nugget)

We would need a dorsal shot in order to tell. Spring peepers have an X pattern on their back. Also, use caution when handling amphibians without gloves.
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Here is a better pic although it's a bit hazy

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2 firebelly toads (Ernie and Oscar)
1 american green tree frog (Booger)
1 four line/golden tree frog (Nugget)

Posted by: nesaraj at Sat Jun 19 10:37:47 2004 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ]

Judging from the pictures of your frog, I suspect that it is a Polypedates Leucomastyx (sub-family Rhacophoridae). This species is commonly known as the Asian or Golden Foam-Nesting frog. The males of the species are considerably smaller than the females. How long have you had it, and how large is it (snout to vent)? If you would like to know more about the species, don't hesitate to ask me. Cheers.

I've had this guy since march
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2 firebelly toads (Ernie and Oscar)
1 american green tree frog (Booger)
1 four line/golden tree frog (Nugget)

I am completely unfamiliar with that frog species. For my own benefit, what characteristics did you look at to identify it? Although it does have the X shape on its back, a really doesn't look anything like a spring peeper.

>>Posted by: nesaraj at Sat Jun 19 10:37:47 2004 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ]
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>> Judging from the pictures of your frog, I suspect that it is a Polypedates Leucomastyx (sub-family Rhacophoridae). This species is commonly known as the Asian or Golden Foam-Nesting frog. The males of the species are considerably smaller than the females. How long have you had it, and how large is it (snout to vent)? If you would like to know more about the species, don't hesitate to ask me. Cheers.
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...the oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it."
Aldo Leopold (1938)

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)

The way I recognized the frog species is as follows:

(1) I grew-up in a country that has them in the wild (Malaysia, and have observed similar sized and coloured specimens,

(2) I currently keep a similar looking specimen (both in size and colour), and it too was relatively small when I obtained it,

and finally,
(3) the head to body ratio matches the both the specimens I have seen in the wild, as well as my captive specimen (relatively large head).

I am relatively new to identifying New World species, and your comment about it not looking like a Spring Peeper confirmed my hypothesis that it was not one (from the photographs I have seen, Peepers have a different head/body ratio).
Your observation of the X-marking is interesting, because some controversy exists in this regard: both Polypedates Leucomastyx and Polypedates Colletti are sometimes found with these markings. www.frogweb.com has good pictorial descriptions of both species, but I believe the site is down for maintainence and will be re-opening in July. I hope my comments have been helpful on this forum, as I am new to it. Cheers.

Polypedates colletti is the one with the X-shape oin the dorsal side. I have a alrge female P. leucomystax and she is jsut a gold coloration all around, no pattern, just solid color. I have seen CB P. leucomystax babies on the market though, how large is this frog? Some frogs have a pattern as babies and juvis, but lose it as they turn to adults.
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CB Male P. sauvagei from Patrick Nabors
derekb15.tripod.com/tropicaltreasures
6.3.0 P. sauvagei
3.2.0 P. hypochondrialis
2.0.0 P. vaillanti
0.0.3 P. aurotaenia
2.2.0 H. argus
2.2.0 B. orientalis
1.0.1 L. flavomaculatus
0.0.9 S. pustulosa
0.0.1 P. leucomystax
0.0.1 M. laevigata
0.0.1 D. guineti
0.0.1 M. stelzneri
0.0.1 P. adspersus
1.0.0 A. horsefieldii

I have a male P. Leucomastyx myself, and he was quite small when I initially got him. I was under the impression that all P. Leucomastyx for sale in the U.S. currenly were wild-caught, but since you have seen captive-bred babies I have revised this opinion. Any websites which show the CB babies?

Hey I was thinking about getting a Gold tree frog what kinda care do they need. I cant find info anywere