Aspects of captive husbandry of Taylor's Bug-eyed Frog,Theloderma stellatum (Taylor, 1962)

摘要

TAYLOTAYLOR'S Bug-eyed Frog (ThelodermaR'S is a small Rhacophorid listed as NearThreatened on the IUCN Red List as the extent of its habitat is declining and becoming increasinglydegraded (IUCN et al., 2006). It has been recordedin eastern Thailand and south of central Vietnamand southern Laos (Orlov et al., 2002). Recently Tstellatum has been recorded in Eastern Cambodia(Stuart et al., 2006). It is found from 300-1,500 mabove sea level (IUCN et al., 2006). T stellatuminhabits lowland rainforest and montane forest,and has been found in rubber plantations (IUCNet al., 2006). In Cambodia T stellatum was foundin hilly evergreen forest mixed with Bamboo anddeciduous trees (Stuart et al., 2006). This speciesis one of relatively few amphibians which breedsin water-filled tree holes (Duellman & Trueb,1994), and does so in both living and fallen,rotten trees.