Do we have any Red eye tree frog keepers here?

[jrh3]

Been thinking of getting one or a few but want to know what I am getting into first. How is the care? Do they make interesting frogs?

 

[viper69]

Owned them! They are great, but nocturnal.

IF you want a rather unusual tree frog- look into super-tiger legged monkey tree frogs

All the monkeys are really cool!

Only frogs I know that bask under a heat lamp!

 

[Postmalone35]

Red eye tree frogs are great. I worked with them many years ago.

 

[Frogdaddy]

Don't keep them in your bedroom. As @viper69 said they are nocturnal and when they start calling at 2am you will want to throw the enclosure out the window.

 

[Matts inverts]

Australian or South American ones. The Australians are harder to find but look cool

 

[jrh3]

Don't keep them in your bedroom. As @viper69 said they are nocturnal and when they start calling at 2am you will want to throw the enclosure out the window.

Haha looks like they will go in the spider room.

 

[jrh3]

Owned them! They are great, but nocturnal.

IF you want a rather unusual tree frog- look into super-tiger legged monkey tree frogs

All the monkeys are really cool!

Only frogs I know that bask under a heat lamp!

Yeah, I really like the giant waxy ones.

 

[viper69]

Yeah, I really like the giant waxy ones.

I'm a super-tiger lover! I've interacted with many giants. I kid you not, they literally sit on the stick as if they are fake. Their mode of walking- trippy, their basking- amazing

 

[jrh3]

I'm a super-tiger lover! I've interacted with many giants. I kid you not, they literally sit on the stick as if they are fake. Their mode of walking- trippy, their basking- amazing

Species is Phyllomedusa tomopterna right? I want to do a little research on them and watch a few videos. I see there are tigers and super tigers 2 different species.

 

[viper69]

Species is Phyllomedusa tomopterna right? I want to do a little research on them and watch a few videos. I see there are tigers and super tigers 2 different species.

Yep 2 species, the super tigers are prettier by far to me.

However in the years since..may have been a reclassification of the genus name

Callimedusa tomopterna (Cope, 1868) | Amphibian Species of the World

 

[AlbaArachnids92]

I'm a super-tiger lover! I've interacted with many giants. I kid you not, they literally sit on the stick as if they are fake. Their mode of walking- trippy, their basking- amazing

I'd always liked the idea of keeping some kind of tree frog but I've yet to actually do so!

These super-tigers look amazing! Would you say they are suitable for a first time amphibian keeper?
Any recommendations for reading up regarding husbandry? Or are they kept similarly to RETFs?
One or two of my friends keep RETFs

 

[viper69]

@AlbaArachnids92 Get a White’s Tree frog first. No super tigers are not good first time frogs.

Their behavior (and all members of the genus, ie monkey tree frogs) isn’t the same as RETFs and all other tree frogs for that matter. It’s an advanced species.