Theloderma corticale aka Mossy Frog

["Red-eye"_Matt]

I recieved a frog calender for christmas and the first frog to appear on it is the mossy frog. Both me and my girlfriend were fascinated with these guys. I was doing a little research on the internet and it looks like these guys are endangered or at least considered a protected species.

I was only able to find one pet store that carries them in EXTREMELY limited numbers. They sell for $400 American each if anyone is interested.

I thought I would post a photo of these guys in case anyone was interested in them. This is the first time I had ever heard about them and I'm sure there are a lot of members here that have never heard of them before. So enjoy the pic!

Matt

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1280theloderma_corticale.jpg

[marisa]

OMG! My roomate got the same calandar, and has also been looking and dying to have one! thanks for the info you shared!

Marisa

["Red-eye"_Matt]

I forgot to add the link. If you want to get some (even at $400 a piece) go to

http://www.globalherp.com/id2.htm

Matt

[marisa]

Thank you. They are amazing frogs...I hope more people start producing/or keeping them.

Marisa

[manville]

woah amazing..

[EMIT REMMUS]

Yeah those are expensive frogs. but how can you get them here into Canada... you will probably end up paying a lot more for the CITES and all that stuff.

In the end the US$400 frog becomes a US$1000 frog.

[speedstix]

:O

[Linds]

Those are crazy looking little monsters! :p Either or, you won't be able to legally have them imported, if they are threatened or endangered, then they are not being exported from the wild, and they likely do not have paperwork coming from a store, which wouldn't really matter anyways because they would likely be Appendix 1 and you cannot bring Appendix 1 animals across the CAN/US border :(

[Mark Pepper]

Those are some amazing frogs. Just saw my first live one today at the detroit zoo. I believe the ROM may have some as well.

They actually are not CITES listed, surprisingly, so if you find them importing them wouldnt/shouldnt be too much of a hassle. There are surprisingly few CITES listed amphibians outside of Dendrobatids and mantellas. Trade should probably be regulated as coming from veitnam there is a good chance their remaining habitats have/will come under severe pressure soon, probably have already, however i dont feel CITES should be the regulating body as it does nothing to protect habitat...anyways my opinions aside, if anyone gets a hold of some good luck, definetley a frog i would love to work with some day.

thanks for posting the pic.

mark

[EMIT REMMUS]

are you saying that if I want to buy some let's say red eye tree frogs from the US, we don't need to do any paper work or any CITES stuff....???

let me know cuz i really want to bring some animals from the US...lol