The numbers
Temperature
One ambient band, 24–27°C, dropping to 18–22°C at night. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet states24-27 °C day; 18-22 °C night; tolerance 22-28 °C
Humidity
The sheet states60-80%; misting 1×/day; shallow water dish refreshed daily
UVB
The sheet statesPhotoperiod 12 h; UVB 2–5% beneficial; not mandatory if D3 supplemented
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 45×30×30 cm minimum for 1-2 individuals; semi-burrowing terrestrial; lid; rarely climbs
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
- D. guineti and D. antongilii nearly identical visually: D. guineti is orange-red with a less marked lateral black line, and slightly smaller. CB certificates mandatory
- White defensive skin secretion slightly irritating: handle without scented soap; rinse hands before
- Dry season simulation necessary to trigger breeding: without dry/rain cycle, breeding unlikely in captivity
- D. guineti and D. antongilii nearly identical visually: D. guineti is orange-red with a less marked lateral black line, and slightly smaller — CB certificates mandatory
- White defensive skin secretion slightly irritating — handle without scented soap; rinse hands before
- Dry season simulation necessary to trigger breeding — without dry/rain cycle, breeding unlikely in captivity
Common questions
Why did it puff up like a balloon when you touched it?
That is its defence display. It inflates and can release a sticky white secretion that irritates skin, so we handle it as little as possible.
How big does the female get?
Females are noticeably bigger than males and get quite chunky, roughly the size of your palm when mature.
Is it active or does it just sit there?
It is a sit-and-wait frog. It buries itself and waits for food, so it is more of a display animal than a busy one.
What does it eat?
Crickets, roaches and earthworms a couple of times a week, dusted with calcium. Adults should not be fed every day.
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.