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Rhacophoridae

Fea's Flying Tree Frog

Zhangixalus feaeกบบินเฟีย

Photograph: Ian Dugdale · CC BY

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.

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Day

Drag the sun. Fea's Flying Tree Frog is nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light. The sheet states a night temperature, and the rail follows it.

Arboreal · coolFrom the sheet: warm end 18–21°C

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warm end18–21 °C
cool end15–16 °C

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
15–16°Cool side
18–21°Warm side
10–12°Night

Day: a real gradient, 18–21°C warm against 15–16°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 10–12°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm season 18-21 °C / cool season 15-16 °C / night 10-12 °C during a controlled breeding period; cool-running montane species, no basking zone described

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m9–11 cm
1520100400 cm
9–11 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

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.

Order / Family
Anura / Rhacophoridae
Origin
Adult size
Large tree frog, ~9–11 cm
Activity
Nocturnal; arboreal
Temperament
Delicate: advanced keepers

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
24–27 °C day, 20–24 °C night (cool montane)
Humidity
75–90%
Min. enclosure
Tall planted vivarium, good airflow
Furnishings
Dense foliage + water feature

What your climate adds

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Diet

Staple food
Crickets, moths, roaches
Supplements
Calcium + D3

Behaviour and handling

HandlingMinimal: display species
CommunalGroups possible with space

Reproduction

Reproduction
Foam-nest builder over water; bred at ZSL London (BIAZA first)

Common health problems

Overheating
Signscool montane species
Preventkeep ≤ 27 °C
Dehydration / poor airflow
Preventprovide humidity + ventilation

When to see a vet

Not veterinary advice — consult an exotic vet if symptoms persist.

Good to know

  • Vietnam's/Thailand's largest tree frog: glides between trees using huge webbed feet.
  • Vietnam's/Thailand's largest tree frog — glides between trees using huge webbed feet.

Common questions

Can it really glide?

It has big webbed feet and can control a long leap in the trees, so people call it a flying frog. In a tank it mostly climbs and leaps between branches.

How big does it get?

Large for a tree frog, one of the biggest in the region, so it needs a tall tank with real climbing space, not a small display box.

Is it hard to keep?

It needs a humid, well ventilated tall tank and steady misting. Not the hardest frog, but not a first frog either.

Can I handle it?

Only briefly with clean wet hands, and always inside a closed room. It is a strong jumper and will be gone in one leap.

What it needs

A heat sourcebecause temp — warm season 18-21 °C / cool season 15-16 °C / night 10-12 °C during a controlled breeding period; cool-running montane species, no basking zone described
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm season 18-21 °C / cool season 15-16 °C / night 10-12 °C during a controlled breeding period; cool-running montane species, no basking zone described
A thermometerbecause temp — warm season 18-21 °C / cool season 15-16 °C / night 10-12 °C during a controlled breeding period; cool-running montane species, no basking zone described
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm season 18-21 °C / cool season 15-16 °C / night 10-12 °C during a controlled breeding period; cool-running montane species, no basking zone described
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet states no size

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

Zhangixalus feae — WikipediaBIAZA — breeding Fea's flying frog

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What this sheet states

69%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: humidity instrument and audit, enclosure size audit. 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.