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I was thinking of setting up a few old 55s and 70s into frog habitats. I like both but I never kept frogs being a snake and lizerd guy. I think it would be kewl for the kids to see the would stages of frog life. How hard are they to breed? How do you tell male from female? How come no one sells proven breeders? Plus I feel that my kids would have fun keeping them and selling off babys to petstores. We breed boas but I think it would be kewl to jump into frogs

Pacs are not the easiest thing to breed, and you can buy them wholesale for next to nothing, but would surely be a cool project for kids to learn from. I would imagine that people don't want to sell proven pairs so that they can produce them for themselves, and why create more competition in the hobby? I have been told this by two breeders. There's a bit involved in it like a cooling period, rain chambers, etc.

Sexing can be pretty accurate with pacs by the angle of the snout. Males have a sharper down slope, kinda boxy looking, and the females are more of a horizontal angle. Both sexes might grunt and make noises, but only the males will croak.
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