Teresa's Plants & More Store

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American Toad Frogs-All Babies sold out for 2009

You are getting my baby toads that I have raised here.They are now about 1/2" to 3/4" long. You will be getting one similar to the photos shown. I love to watch these guys...they are very active (so funny) and I love to watch them eat! They love to be in groups...I have a hill in my tank that I call "Toad Hill" as they all love to gather there and look around. The older toads love to croak at night! Listen below...they sound really neat.
 
 You will get 1 live toad frog sent via priority mail. These are packed with damp moss to provide coolness and water during the trip. The frog you will be getting is about 1/2"-3/4" .
 
So as not to sit in your mailbox or porch in the sun... Shipping includes the price of signature confirmation which is $2.35 to assure that someone does get this package. This is my gaurantee and yours that you did get the box. Upon opening please email me so I know your little one was alive. If it arrives DOA you can ship back to me for a full refund or take a picture of the DOA and email me. This must be done within 24 hours of the signature confirmation. Please email me when you get your baby as I am always anxious to know he made the trip!
 
I feed my babies mealworms, gnats ,termites,ants and small crickets.
 
 
Adult American toads are generalists. They eat a wide variety of insects and other invertebrates, including snails, beetles, slugs, and earthworms. Unlike most toads, who wait for prey to come along and pounce on it, American toads can shoot out their sticky tongues to catch prey. They also may use their front legs in order to eat larger food. They grasp their food and push it into their mouths. One American toad can eat up to 1,000 insects every day.
 
Toads do not drink water but soak it in, absorbing moisture through their skin.
 
The skin color of American toads is normally a shade of brown, but it can also be red with light patches, olive, or gray. The bellies are a white or yellow color. Toad skin color changes depending on temperature, humidity, and stress. The color change ranges from yellow to brown to black. American toads have four toes on each front leg and five toes connected together by a webbing on each hind leg. The pupils of American toads are oval and black with a circle of gold around them. The sexes can be distinguished in two ways. Males have dark colored throats, of black or brown, while females have white throats and are lighter overall. Also, female American toads are larger than male American toads. American toads are between 50 and 100 mm in length but are usually around 75 mm. American toads can be distinguished from other species of toads by the presence of several dark spots on their backs which contain only one or two warts each.
 
Listen to its Call:  A prolonged, high-pitched trill that may last more than 30 seconds Size: 5.1-11.1 cm in length (2-4.4 inches) Coloring: Highly variable in color, ranging from tan, brown, or reddish brown to gray or olive. Most individuals have dark, rounded spots on the back, each of which encircles one or two warts. A light line may run down the middle of the back. The throat and belly are whitish or yellowish with black or gray spotting. Habitat: Widely ranging throughout the Great Lakes region; can be found in urban parks, suburban backyards, farmland, savannas, prairies and forests. When not out looking for food, eastern American toads will keep cool by spending much of their time buried in dirt, leaves, or beneath logs or rocks. They dig into the ground backwards, using their hind feet as shovels. In the winter, they simply burrow deeper to escape the cold
 
 

The photos are similar representations of what I have for sale now. They have been hatching in my small garden pools and love to hang out on the pickerel rush plants. You will get 1 live tree frog sent via priority mail. These are packed with damp moss to provide coolness and water during the trip. The frog you will be getting is about 1/2"-3/4" long.

 

So as not to sit in your mailbox or porch in the sun... Shipping includes the price of signature confirmation which is $2.35 to assure that someone does get this package. This is my gaurantee and yours that you did get the box. Upon opening please email me so I know your little one was alive. If it arrives DOA you can ship back to me for a full refund or take a picture of the DOA and email me. This must be done within 24 hours of the signature confirmation.  

Please email me when you get your baby as I am always anxious to know he made the trip! 

I feed my babies mealworms, gnats ,termites,ants and small crickets.

Can you see all 6 below?

 The Pacific Tree Frog-

All babies sold out for 2009

A very common species on the west coast of Northern California but lives everywhere from sea level up to over 11,000 ft. They are found in shades of greens or browns and even have been known to change between them. They live in many types of habitats and reproduce in aquatic settings. The Pacifica frog/Chorus frog can changecolor from a bright green to a brown depending on surroundinds...see the photos here which are the same species. One has the bright green skin that indicates it's been hiding in the vegetation. The other was found closer to the rocks and its skin was camouflaged accordingly.

They are a small treefrog attaining lengths up to 2 inches. The voice of this frog is known around the world - the "ribbit" that Hollywood uses in all of its films as the "standard" frog call is actually the call of the Pacific Treefrog!

Their skin color can change to match the environment, being with green or brown. Both of these tiny frogs are only half an inch long! In the spring, their calls are commonly heard near riparian areas. They are the only western frog whose call is a ribbit. Their toes have little rounded toe pads on them. These help the frog to climb and stick to things. Pacific treefrogs can be either green or tan in color, but all have a dark eye stripe.

Eggs are laid underwater, attached to vegetation, in round-ish clumps about an inch in diameter. The tiny eggs are visible as dark dots in the jelly-like egg mass. As they develop, you can see the tiny tadpoles grow tails. When they are about ready to hatch, the tadpoles will start to squirm inside the egg mass. The tadpoles are small and dark. You will find them in ponds, puddles, rivers and streams. As the tadpoles metamorphose into frogs, they are able to leave the water and live on land.  

Below is a 35 second recording of a large group of Northern Pacific Treefrogs calling at night from a pond in Del Norte County. It begins with one frog breaking the silence, then others quickly follow until the chorus rises in volume before it is faded out. This is the typical sound of a large chorus of these frogs, which often continues for more than ten minutes.
Click below to go to a link that will play this: A 35 second recording of a large group of Northern Pacific Treefrogs calling at night from a pond in Del Norte County. It begins with one frog breaking the silence, then others quickly follow until the chorus rises in volume before it is faded out. This is the typical sound of a large chorus of these frogs, which often continues for more than ten minutes.
 
Type
Both toads & Tree frogs are $10.00 each.
 
Gray Tree frogs
 

Introduction: Gray tree frogs are medium-sized tree frogs native to eastern North America. They are common in much of their range near small bodies of water, and are often encountered by humans during the breeding season in spring. If you capture one in the wild and keep it in captivity, do not release it. There are two species of gray tree frog: Hyla chrysoscelis and Hyla versicolor, both of which look identical and can only easily be told apart by their call. In captivity they both require the same care. Adults reach a size of around 2 inches (5 cm). As their common name suggests, most are predominantly gray, although their ventral side is a light white, and on the inside of their hind legs there are two bright orange or yellow flash marks. Gray tree frogs have the ability to change color depending on temperature, humidity, light intensity, and the color of their surroundings. They can range from bright green, to pale white, to dark brown, although most of the time they remain gray. Juveniles are generally green in color and develop their gray adult coloration as they mature.

 

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A gray tree frog showing green coloration
Photos by Tom Streich

 

Cage: Although gray tree frogs are nocturnal and usually remain motionless during the day, at night they become active and will use all of the room they are provided with in captivity. A 15 gallon high aquarium that measures 20 inches long by 10 inches wide by 18 inches high (51cm by 25cm by 46cm) is large enough for two adult frogs, although more room is better. A tight-fitting screen cover is essential to prevent escapes. It may be helpful to cover all but one side of the aquarium with black poster board or aquarium background to help reduce stress and make the frogs feel secure.

 
 
 
 

Click on link below to see a neat  video of a pacman frog eating a meal worm. Might need to turn music down a bit.

 

Click below for cute frog video

link of a frog eating a mealworm on you tube 

 

 
 Shredded  Green Moss

Great substrate layer for terrarium & Vivariums

This is  a dried green moss (some moss may have active spores still  in it) that I like to get wet then place on top of my small stones that I have placed first in my terrarium. I can then apply the organic soil onto the moss. I then place the moss or plant the ferns onto this.

Vivarium use:It is best to just get it all wet and lay down on your tank floor. Frogs love this damp moss! It can be used 3-4 times buy picking it up and just washing it out to get rid of the frog matters they leave behind.Then simply put it back down and there you go!

This is also great in other applications like for decorating birdhouses or anything else that you want a moss look but do not want to worry about the care of the moss.

 

  

 

The photo above shows a 10 gallon aquarium with 2 oz of the green moss. It is a good even layer. This can be placed on top of soil, sand etc.This top moss layer can be picked up and rinsed off as needed to clean the cage from your critters. The 2oz bag is only $4,other sized bags also available. This is the same green moss I use in my terrarium kits.

 Order the shredded green moss below.
Quantity
Green or Spanish Moss