How to Care for a Gray Tree Frog

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Tim Cole with the Austin Reptile Service. I've been keeping reptile amphibians for over forty years, I'm here to talk to you about keeping gray tree frogs. Gray tree frogs are native to, basically, the Eastern half of the US and they are common mostly in the Northeast, I live in Austin and we actually do have those here. They're not as common as when I used to find them up in Illinois but these are a frog that can get up to three inches long and they have orange back legs and, as the name applies, they are gray but they can also turn green. Their heavy bodied frogs and during the day they usually spend their time in a place that's shaded and cool, they come out at night to feed, they come out at night to breed. They do have the sticky toe pads that tree frogs are known for. I've known quite a few that will live in potted plants and then they would come out of these plants at night to feed and look for food. They make fairly good pets and, like most frogs, they don't like to handled but their fun to watch so I would say treat them like tropical fish, set them up, feed them and they'll be perfectly happy."