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this is my son, hopscotch! he is a magnificent tree frog (litora splendida), who i adopted in july of 2021, when he was around 3mo old! his estimated birthday is april 2021, and he may live to be anywhere between 8 - 20 years old! he weighed a meagre 10g in his first month, but nowdays tends to sit between 55 - 60g. fun fact - the glands on his head that look like a silly hat are full of poison! this species has the biggest poison sacs of any amphibians in all of australia :)
hops is is my first ever non-traditional pet, and learning how to care for him has been quite a journey. while these guys are native to australia and generally quite common in their very small natural habitat, they are relatively under represented as pets, as the white-lipped tree frog and whites tree frog are both very popular overseas pets and have far more info on specific care to be found online. the pet store were so excited when i took him, he was the only magnificent tree frog there and had been there for quite some time, apparently! i had gone in with the intention of getting a white-lipped tree frog, but this little guy looked so silly and i could not say no to those little spots. |
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