How to Construct a Tree Frog Terrarium

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Tim Cole. I'm with the Austin Reptile Service. I've been keeping reptiles and amphibians for over forty years, and we're here to talk about keeping tree frogs. There's several common tree frogs available in the pet trade. One of the most common is probably the White's tree frog, and they have....average about that big as an adult. You can keep one in a twenty gallon tank. Keep in mind tree frogs are arboreal, so they like to climb. So having more vertical space is probably more important than horizontal space. A lot of the frogs need a certain amount of humidity. So you want to be able to mist them or keep them in a habitat that can stay moist. Having a water fountain in the cage is not a bad idea, or a misting system, or a water drip system. You can set the cage up with bark and branches for them to climb on. You can try live plants, but they may dig them up, depending on where they want to hide. A lot of people like to use plastic plants. They don't have to worry about lighting, and the frogs digging them up. So, there's a variety of ways you can set these guys up, but you want to provide hiding places, you want to provide tall branches for them to get on to. Broad leaf plants are great, tree frogs like to hide on those or hide under them. Green tree frogs are fairly common in the pet trade. They're a smaller frog than the White's tree frog, and they do perfectly fine."