Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.
The numbers
Temperature
One ambient band, 24–28°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 states24-28 °C; basking spot 30 °C warm side; under-tank heating mat with thermostat
Humidity
The sheet states70-80%; substrate kept moist but not waterlogged; shallow water dish (water level = belly height); permeable skin - rapid desiccation risk
UVB
Not needed for this species
Stated in the sheet, not inferred.
The sheet statesUVB not required; photoperiod 12 h; basic lighting
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
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 statesTerrarium 30×30×20 cm for juvenile; 45×45×25 cm for adult; shallow floor (flat burrowing species); the terrarium just needs to be large enough for the frog to turn around
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
- Ambush predator: the frog does not move to hunt: prey must pass in front of it or be presented with tongs
- Permeable skin: never handle with soapy hands or hands that have touched chemicals: toxicity via dermal absorption
- Many hybrid morphs (cranwelli × ornata = Fantasy Pacman) available at Bangkok market: note the cross for buyers
- Ambush predator: the frog does not move to hunt — prey must pass in front of it or be presented with tongs
- Permeable skin: never handle with soapy hands or hands that have touched chemicals — toxicity via dermal absorption
- Many hybrid morphs (cranwelli × ornata = Fantasy Pacman) available at Bangkok market — note the cross for buyers
Common questions
Does it bite?
Yes. It strikes at anything that moves in front of it, so feed with tongs and keep fingers out of the enclosure at feeding time.
Is it easy for a first reptile or amphibian?
One of the easiest. A tub with moist substrate, a shallow water dish, and a meal every few days is essentially the whole care routine.
Can I keep two together?
No. They are cannibalistic and will swallow a tankmate of a similar size. One per enclosure, always.
How often should I feed it?
Juveniles a few times a week, adults roughly once a week. Fat pacman frogs are the most common health problem we see.
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 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: 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.