Madagascar Spiny Hopper Burrowing Frogs

2040 East Vista Way, Vista CA

Description

Madagascar Spiny Hopper Burrowing Frogs ( Scaphiophryne pustulosa ) group of six available $220.00 for the group Housing Burrowing frogs require little inventiveness where decoration of the vivarium is concerned. I prefer to use a wooden-surround/glass front with a glass tray. Being very inactive frogs, a quartet of adult frogs will comfortably live in a 60cm x 40cm vivarium. Fill the glass tray with 6cm of a damp but not sodden basal substrate mixture consisting of pre-sterilized chopped oak and maple leaves, sphagnum moss and river sand. Place several large pieces of cork bark or bogwood on top of the substrate and then locate a shallow water pan towards one corner. For semi-scansorial species such as S.marmorata, place several sturdy branches draped with reindeer moss. I have utilized a dampened soft foam sponge matt for a basal substrate in S.marmorata and although they seemed happy enough, from the digging actions of their hind limbs they do prefer a loose mixture in which to burrow. Also, they are not messy frogs, so cleaning out of the substrate need only be conducted every two weeks (i.e. replace or re-sterilize by baking in a biscuit tin in a conventional oven for an hour or so). Lighting should be subdued for these frogs, and I have found that of the species I have kept so far require no special temperature considerations, being quite happy from 64 up to 80°F. I like to mist the vivaria twice daily to retain some moisture in the substrate. Feeding These frogs can be very gluttonous, devouring a wide variety of bugs, grubs and the like although they can easily reject food if one type is offered constantly. Feed every 3 or 4 days with several items and coat every other sitting in a multivitamin powder, although initially they may refuse or spit out the coated item.