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I just bought two of these 7" and 9" long but don't find much information about captive care before or after I purchased. If someone out there that has been keeping and could share what their experience has been it would be appreciated. Now I'm keeping them in my snake room at 76 degrees with a heat strip for a warm spot, in leaf mulch, with a tub of water it can fit in in a large sweater box. What are your reccomendations for cage design, temps., lights (UVA/UVB?, feeding (what and schedule?), substrate. Do they need a light source if they're nocturnal? Any info. for captive sucess will be appreciated.

I can't give you any husbandry advice, other than they are aquatic and should be in an aquarium, asap.
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Yeah, I know I just came out of nowhere, but I had to reply, I belive he is talking about cane toads, bufo marinus, they have been selling them all over the place as giant surinam toads, to the poster of this thread I would suggest searching for Bufo marinus and Pipa pipa and see which you have, the Bufo is easily searchable for a care sheet and so is the Pipa.
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If they are the Surinam Toad (Pipa pipa) then they are an aquatic toad. I'm assuming that this is what you're talking about because you said "long" - which makes perfect sense as there's no other way to measure these guys really. These guys are originally from the amazon and in the wild live in very polluted, oxygen deficent water. They do breathe air, but actually live in the water. Don't let it fool you, they are actually quite fast if they ever get on land. They like to hide - mine likes to blend in with all the plants in his 75 gallon aquarium (trying to find more for a reasonable price) and tears them out of the gravel. He's eating large feeder fish at the moment. The easiest way to sex them is that the males will make a clicking noise sometimes. I've only heard ours (mine and my boyfriend's) do it recently - sounds like the pop button on a jar and he's always near the top of the water when he makes the noise. Most of these (if not all) are wild caught because they're hard to breed in an aquarium. That's the basic rundown of these guy, feel free to either e-mail me at katie@pokeysnails.com or reply to this with more questions.

~Katie

This has nothing to do with the current problem. i noticed that you wrote that you were looking for another pipa pipa. There is a web site that sells them along with ACfs: xenopus.com i believe they are $25
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~Crissy
3 Female African Clawed Frogs: Nemo, Casper, Pebbles
2 Male African Clawed Frogs: Amtrak, One-Eyed Jack
3 African Toads: Fiona, Shrek, Pickles
1 Pac Man Frog: Freddie
1 Ragdoll cat: Carman

"This has nothing to do with the current problem. i noticed that you wrote that you were looking for another pipa pipa. There is a web site that sells them along with ACfs: xenopus.com i believe they are $25"

I didn't intend for my message to come out like I was searching here for another one. It was just a side comment. My message was intended to give more information about the toads. I am sorry if that's the way it came across, but I was just trying to offer help as we've had ours since the beginning of May and have been successful caring for him thus far.

~Katie
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2.0.1 Cornsnakes
0.2 Leopard Geckos (Cutie and Lily)
0.0.1 Savannah Monitor (Sam)
0.2.1 Pac Man Frogs(Gordito, Spud, and Diablo)
0.0.1 Giant Millipede (Mega)
lots of snails and fish...

Try posting in the Aquatic Frogs section of the forums, there will be more owners of pipa pipa on that forum with information. These frogs are completely aquatic and so should not be on leaf mulch. They need to be in a large aquarium full of water. I hope they are still doing well.
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~Crissy
3 Female African Clawed Frogs: Nemo, Casper, Pebbles
2 Male African Clawed Frogs: Amtrak, One-Eyed Jack
3 African Toads: Fiona, Shrek, Pickles
1 Pac Man Frog: Freddie
1 Ragdoll cat: Carman