They are great little frogs to keep! I can see my collection growing and growing in the future, I just love their noises
I just keep mine in a rubbermaid. I was using peat moss as a substrate, and it served the purpose very well (if you use it, make sure it is the finely milled kind because your frog will ingest it), but I find papertowel much easier to work with. I keep the papertowel damp and provide a large shallow dish of water, which must be kept extremely clean at all times. I provide some fake foliage for hiding as well as asthetics, and also a plastic hiding spot as well (icing container on its side). Make sure any ornaments in the enclosure are too large to fit into your frogs mouth, these guys are notoroius for eating rocks, etc. My room is heated (DTH 83 NTL 77) so I do not provide any supplemental heat. They are diurnal animals but have very low UV requirements since they are usually covered and hiding, waiting for prey. I don't provide any UV for mine, but do make sure he has the proper d3 supplementation. Recent research on the diet of these animals show that they need more roughage. A rodent-based diet is too high in fat, and can result in corneal opacities which may lead to permanent blindness. I offer mine a rodent (fresh killed from tongs once the rodent is sizeable enough to bite) no more than once a month. Their diet should consist mainly of invertabrates such as mealworms, superworms, crickets, earthworms, etc. dusted with calcium. A good portion of their diet can consist of fish as well, but be careful with those. I like to freeze mine since fish are loaded with parasites. They are very easy to maintain, just watch your fingers, they have a big mouth and like lance mentioned, they can be very fast when they want to be...lol
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