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Where can I get CB Gray treefrogs? I'm in the Northeast and the biggest expo I can get to is NY Metro. Suggestions?
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Keeper of: 2 P.regius, 1 E. macularius, 1 A. dumerili, 1 P. sayi, 1 L. fuliginosus, and 1 B. constrictor

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I seriously doubt you'll ever find captive bred gray tree frogs, they are so common in the wild and easy to catch, there is simply not a market for them. Out of anybody else on this forum, I appreciate the most your willingness to look for captive bred animals. I recommend collecting some your self. You can minimize your impact by collecting eggs or tadpoles and raising them your self. Gray tree frogs make excellent captives!
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Ok, so what is the time-frame for grays to metamorphose? I think I have a field guide that shows the tadpoles but I'm not positive. If I can't find any tadpoles how exactly do I catch some adults? There are usually a couple of males out in the yard in the maple tree but I foresee bad things happening should I try climbing said tree with a flashlight If I do happen to lay hands on some adults what do I use to deworm them?
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Keeper of: 2 P.regius, 1 E. macularius, 1 A. dumerili, 1 P. sayi, 1 L. fuliginosus, and 1 B. constrictor

Thank you for reading first THEN criticizing.

Road cruising rainy nights in May; adjacent to known GTF breeding sites will produce many frogs. Movement declines as the summer progresses. Tads are usually the smallest among other species such as toads, wood, green frogs, etc. Good luck.

Ummmm a couple things:

1.) I'm a little far north for green tree frogs accordng to every field guide on the market although I have personally collected newly metamorphosed green tree frogs much further north than they supposedly occur.
2.) I'm in a rather urban area so I don't think road cruising will work
3.) The toads have already metamorphosed

So what to do? Should I lurk around the maple tree with a net at dusk?
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Keeper of: 2 P.regius, 1 E. macularius, 1 A. dumerili, 1 P. sayi, 1 L. fuliginosus, and 1 B. constrictor

Thank you for reading first THEN criticizing.

Exactly HOW far north are you?
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I'm talking Grays too, gtf is not only for hyla cinerea. It's an interchangeable abbreviation.

Good luck finding callers, you can be right on top of them & still not see them. Flashlights can aid too, look for skin-shine among the vegetation. Tape player w/ choruses often elicits return calls.

Actually I came up with a good solution to my problem today, although I appreciate the suggestions I work at two labs and one of them is in a less developed area and I found out today that the grays like to hang around the edge of the liner to the water garden at the aquaculture demonstration facility and that they sometimes get inside the building, so from now on all trespassers will be forced to come home with me. Also my assistant told me friends of his often have them under the lip of thier pool.

How far North am I you ask? Far enough that Canada isn't a long drive from here and digging my car out of the snow bank is necessary even in April at times!
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Keeper of: 2 P.regius, 1 E. macularius, 1 A. dumerili, 1 P. sayi, 1 L. fuliginosus, and 1 B. constrictor

Thank you for reading first THEN criticizing.

its quite easy to catch grays if u have a good sense of hearing and direction.... but dont catch wild frogs there declining... only catch em to breed and release!!!!