The numbers
Temperature
One ambient band, 24–26°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 states24-26 °C; never >28 °C (stress); never <20 °C
UVB
Not needed for this species
Stated in the sheet, not inferred.
The sheet statesBasic lighting 10–12 h; UVB not required
Identity
Adult size
The size the sheet states for a grown animal. This sheet gives a figure per sex; the one drawn is marked.
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
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
- Natural aestivation in the dry season in a mucous skin cocoon: can fast for several months buried in dry substrate
- Bite capable of injuring fingers (vomerine dentiform tubercles): never insert fingers into the terrarium or hand-feed
- Irritating skin mucus for eyes and mucous membranes: handling with nitrile gloves recommended
- Natural aestivation in the dry season in a mucous skin cocoon — can fast for several months buried in dry substrate
- Bite capable of injuring fingers (vomerine dentiform tubercles) — never insert fingers into the terrarium or hand-feed
- Irritating skin mucus for eyes and mucous membranes — handling with nitrile gloves recommended
Common questions
Does it bite?
Yes, and it means it. It has a wide mouth with bony tooth-like ridges and a fast strike, so always feed with tongs and never with fingers.
What is that screaming noise?
That is a defensive scream when it feels threatened. It is normal behaviour, not a sign of pain, but it does tell you to leave the frog alone.
What kind of setup does it need?
A shallow water tub it can sit in with its eyes above the surface, plus a soft substrate to burrow into. Water quality matters more than decoration.
How often does it eat?
Young ones eat often, adults only every few days. They gain weight very easily, so we would rather you underfeed than overfeed.
What it needs
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.
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.