The numbers
Temperature
One ambient band, 18–24°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet states18-24 °C; optimum 20-22 °C; tolerance 15-26 °C; cool-water species - avoid prolonged tropical heat
UVB
Not needed for this species
Stated in the sheet, not inferred.
The sheet statesPhotoperiod 12 h; UVB not required but beneficial; standard lighting sufficient
Identity
Adult size
The size the sheet states for a grown animal.
Why
Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.
How common this animal is
NOT a measure of how many are kept. These filings count animals shipped for any purpose, including the food trade and laboratory supply, and they are United States records only. The three largest volumes in the source belong to a food frog, a bait species and the standard laboratory amphibian.
US Fish and Wildlife Service LEMIS declared wildlife import and export records, as compiled in the received dataset
Enclosure and conditions
Enclosure
Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.
Why
The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».
The sheet statesPaludarium 40×30×30 cm minimum for 3-4 individuals; humid terrestrial zone (50%) + shallow aquatic zone (10-15 cm) with access ramp; lid
What your climate adds
This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.
Reproduction
Life course
Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.
Why
The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.
Common health problems
Good to know
- Unken-reflex: in danger, arches its back and turns its limbs to expose the aposematic red-black belly: unique predator-deterrence behaviour
- Cool-water species: in Bangkok (ambient temp 28–35 °C), cooling essential: paludarium in air-conditioned room or cool area
- Hibernation necessary to trigger reproduction: without a 6–8 week cool-down, reproduction remains unpredictable
- Unken-reflex: in danger, arches its back and turns its limbs to expose the aposematic red-black belly — unique predator-deterrence behaviour
- Cool-water species: in Bangkok (ambient temp 28–35 °C), cooling essential — paludarium in air-conditioned room or cool area
- Hibernation necessary to trigger reproduction — without a 6–8 week cool-down, reproduction remains unpredictable
Common questions
Is the skin toxic?
It releases a mild irritating secretion when stressed. It will not harm you, but wash your hands after handling and keep it away from your eyes.
Can I keep a group?
Yes, they are one of the better group frogs and a small colony in a half-water half-land tank is how they look best.
Can they live with my fish or other frogs?
No. Their skin secretion can affect tank mates, so keep them on their own.
Are they noisy?
No, the call is a soft repeated bark, much quieter than most frogs. Most people find it pleasant.
What it needs
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.
Sources
Others in this group
What this sheet states
This sheet states 4 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: humidity instrument and audit, day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.
UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.