Tree frog in exile wants advice

Hi all,
I recently inherited a small Podacris regilla, or Pacific Chorus Frog, who traveled to our state (Alaska) in a box of organic veggies. My friend was washing the kale and well, there he was. Happily, she saved him before he ended up pickled in salad dressing. We briefly considered buying him a plane ticket back to home, but that plan fell through due to limited funds, and Alaska Air does not accept frequent-flyer-miles for froggies.

So he (she?) now resides in a small tree frog tank in my house. I want to keep froggie happy and alive for many years. I do have some experience keeping other amphibians - I've had the same 4 fire belly newts for almost 13 years now, and I did breed them too.

so my questions:

- can you tell the sex at this early age? Froggie is 3/4 inch long snout to butt - this year's or last year's hatchling? Throat is white and not wrinkled - female or too young to tell?

- what's a good temperature range for this species? He came from Washington State. Should he hibernate?

- how can I get him to eat better? He ate one fly and snapped at my pincers a couple times, but I can't get him to do so consistently. I did order a drosophila colony and will be breeding those.

- how often and what quantity of food does he need?

any advice would be welcome!

PS: I do have him quarantined in his own tank,in a separate room and with separate feding pincers/ cleaning equipment from my newts.

Thanks!

Hi Molch,

I have not kept Pseudacris regilla, but I have kept some of the eastern Pseudacris species. Based on that experience, my answers to your questions are as follows:

- Probably too young to sex; most likely this year's hatchling.

- No higher than 75 F. These frogs like it cool and damp. The eastern species often breed when air temps are barely above freezing and there is still some ice on the ponds.

- Provide plenty of hiding spots and give him some time to settle in; his appetite will pick up once he feels more secure.

- Feed 3-4 times per week, as much as he will eat in 5 minutes or so. Springtails are great for these frogs because they persist in the tank, and the frogs can eat them whenever they're hungry.

Good luck!

thanks Nathan!
I have him at room temps (ca. 60-70) in a tank with water and pebbles at the bottom and many climbing plants. He likes to sit on the big leaves of the pothos plant.

I should have the drosophila for him next week. Unfortunately, it's all over for the winter with flying insects here in northern Alaska, so no more flies from my window...

is there a place where one can order feeder springtails?

Also, I hope to be able to teach him to eat from my tweezers. He already snapped one fly that way. If he will do that, maybe he can eat frozen bloodworms too?

He's a beautiful little thing...all green. Will post some pics when I figure out how to take them of something so small...

There are some members here on the forum who breed them. I bet if you put a wanted ad out you'd get some responses.

he's eating!! The drosophila cultures have arrived. I put about 50 flies into his tank and he went right to work on them. Looking pretty fat and pleased with himself now

for what it's worth, here's an update:

Linus has grown to twice the original length (many times the volume), and has been officially diagnosed as a girl (on frogforum,net).

She eats like a sinner and now inhabits a nice exoterra that I got her for Xmas. See pics.