colorado river toad

[Pickled Peter]

Thank you john Iv been researching the animal quiet a bit. I understand that at least a 20 gallon tank Is needed, a large water bowl, heat mat, hide and a substrate of peat moss. Iv read on one site that a makeshift tank could be made from a large plastic container. I was wondering if maybe I could use a large plastic box with punctured holes in it for adequate ventilation. Any information regarding this or the keeping of these animals is welcome.

 

[Goomba]

Avoid heat mats with burrowing frogs. Use a good old fashioned lamp.
I'd do more than a 20. Once you get one, you'll see why. I'd use a 40 breeder, or maybe 30 breeder if you're on a budget.
Yes, a tupperware/plastic container would be a great and economical way of housing the animal.
Also, I would recommend induced periods of aestivation. In the winter I'd drop temperatures, and make it a bit drier and let them sleep for a few months.
Here in Arizona they're underground for well over half the year, so I'd imagine it would be physiologically beneficial to give them some rest and some sleep.

 

[mitchnast]

Arizona law doesn't effect me either, I'd love to have some of these toads, if only I had the room.

 

[codykrr]

yeah id definatly get a 40 long or a big sterilite bin. these things are huge. and like states move alot of earth. my buddy always used the cactus blend potting soil for his. good luck.

 

[josh_r]

your all mixed up man. you can collect and keep ANY species in arizona with a hunting license as long as it is not stated as a protected species. and you CAN bring them home and keep them as pets. there is a bag limit per species (which is usually 4) and this isn't per household, its per person holding a license. you can breed animals and if the resulting offspring puts you over the limit of 4 animals or whatever, you have up to a YEAR to GIFT them to another individual. now there's a difference between a canadian and an arizonian. all the canadian can do is read the laws... cant actually learn them from first hand experience and talking to F&W directly. most arizona herpers DO know arizona laws man.

the Arizona state laws regulating game, specifically amphibians and reptiles can be found here.
http://www.azgfd.gov/pdfs/h_f/regulations/ReptileAmphibian.pdf

the specific information that details the prohibition of keeping live wildlife outside the feild is section R12-4-402. The exceptions to this code are defined under Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 3, chapter 16, pertaining to licensed persons engaged in state-monitored aquaculture. This does not extend to hobbiests collecting rattlesnakes or other herps.

I was mistaken reguarding the licensure entiteling the holder to kill the animals for sport, it also entitles them to catch the animals alive and hold them in the feild. however, taking them home, or transfering them between habitats would violate R12-4-402.

It's not the clearest set of laws, but it is a state law.

9,684 people eh? and they actually live in the state... immagine that, all it took was checking and a Canadian like me knows more than almost ten thousand points of anecdotal Arizona law!

never trust anecdotal representations of the law.

 

[Pickled Peter]

stop talking US law PLEAS . This is my post find another forum to talk about this.:?

 

[josh_r]

stop talking US law PLEAS . This is my post find another forum to talk about this.:?

sorry man. good luck finding your toad and dont lick it cause you'll just feel like an idiot after you dont get high