breeding toads????

Question

I am trying to breed fire bellied toads can someone give me some site or tips about them

the first answer was taken derectly from a site I already read

that site is http://www.anapsid.org/bombina.html

Answer 1

Firebellied toads do very well in a mosit aquarium/ I have a deep bed of moss that I mist daily and feed them crickets or other bugs-springtails or mini mealworms for the newly developed frogs. They do okay at room temperature-around 70 suits them well. I have a bowl of water for them to sit in-amphibians tend to drink through their skin and they need water to breed in. Use spring water if possible-NOT distilled water since it may harm them. The red bellies indicate that they produce skin toxins that can harm other animals that may try to eat them, so do not keep firebellies with other types of frogs. They can live happily in a group-females tend to be a little larger than males so they can produce more eggs. There are some good books out, maybe your library can help you find some "Fantastic Frogs" by Jerry Walls is one of my faves. "Reptiles and Amphibians for Dummies" is good, and "The Complete Idiot's guide to Reptiles and Amphibians" are also good basic books, and some pet stores sell Frogs and Toads as a New Pet. Reptiles magazine is also very good. Good luck and keep us informed on your breeding work.

Answer 2

There are several ways of trying to make B. orientalis (Chinese Fire Bellied toad) interested in breeding. A 6-8 week 'hibernation' at 10ºC (50ºF) will usually do the job. Remember to lower the temperature gradually over a period of a week before the hibernation and similarly raise the temperature gradually afterwards. Another method which sometimes works is to change most of the water in their aquarium and replace it with water which is a few degrees colder.

When the frogs are ready to breed the males began calling. The sound is somewhat like the sound of a small dog barking at some distance. The males constantly try jumping on the backs of any other frog in the vicinity. If a male inadvertently jump on the back of another male, the second male makes a special croak just to inform him that he's made a mistake. The first male doesn't always get the hint and consequently the second male can at times carry another male around for hours.

Unfortunately the male/female ratio can be as bad as 10:1. If a female is present and she's ready to breed, she'll swim around with a male on her back and the eggs will be attached singularly or in small groups to plants, rocks, roots or whatever can be found in the water. One female may produce more than two hundred eggs.

The eggs should be transferred to another aquarium. After 3 days at 24ºC (77ºF) the eggs will hatch. For another 3 days, while consuming the yolk sac, the tadpoles don't move around at all. After that they'll begin swimming around, trying to find something to eat.

The tadpoles can be raised on finely crushed flakes, frozen or freeze dried fish food.

The hind legs will begin to break through about 3 weeks after the eggs hatched and the 'arms' will begin to appear about a week later. Five weeks after hatching, the first frogs will go through metamorphosis and will be ready to leave the water.

The froglets will eat any kind of small insects and larvae. They'll be ready to breed before they are a year old. The eggs of younger and smaller females tend to be fewer and smaller in size.