EGGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[matthew]

I've just had a very pleasant surprise while doing the rounds at my "zoo" - my Hyla arborea have laid eggs. (I have a big frog collection now but have never had any treefrog species spawn.)

I had one group of these cracking little frogs in a tank which was itself slightly warmed inside a viv. I moved the frogs into another tank, out of the viv, and placed it in a different room. I have set up a more elaborate structure of branches which they are all over. There was actually a drop of a few degrees C, BUT I think they have received a lot more natural (yet indirect) light.

The only downer is they have laid in sodden moss, so I am about to move it. It looks like one of those mantella pictures of egg clumps in the damp substrate.

So - if any one has any words of wisdom, tips, care sheet links etc for any small Hylids, I'd love to hear about it!

I am really shocked by this...
PS
These H. arborea resemble another colony I have that was bought under the name of H. savignyi - are these really different species? I can find little about savignyi.

 

[paul]

Matt,

Im no expert on hyla..as you know,but as I understand it from Northern Portugal you get Hyla arborea molleri, from Crete hyla arborea kretensus.The italian varities are hyla intermedia(sometimes called italica,maculata or variegata)The ones from corsica and sardinia(as I discussed with you before,I saw these in the wild and they are stunning)are known as hyla sarda,the fropm southern Poprtugal/spain are hyla meridionalis.Hope this helps

 

[mike]

Hi Matthew,
Most of the H.savignyi in the UK originate from Cypress. They are also endemic to Turkey, Russia, Iran, and the Republic of Yemen.