Red>Orange

The red Popas seem to be going a bit more orange these days. Still pretty, but a tiny disappointment. I'm hoping they don't fade much more. Their gold/green siblings haven't faded much after hitting the 4 month mark so maybe we'll be lucky.

A Super Sad Day

Over the last few weeks I realized I have a voracious egg eater in the Cristobal group; about 25 or so recent eggs and tads. I had thought it was possibly one of the now adult F1s that I have yet to pull, but also had a sneaking suspicion it was Scar. I got my answer this week when I found her sitting atop 3 different devastated gel masses at different times. This time she wasn't letting any eggs get to maturity so I had to pull her. Of course it would have to be my favorite girl. Hoping for a male from the remaining pair now so I can set her up on her own. I am SO running out of room.

Basti Family and a couple Instagram Videos

Rambala Pair

When it looked like the 2.2 Rambala that I picked up in 2012 were more likely 3.1, I brought in another "female."

After treatment, and an eight month quarantine, she was good to go and went in with the spotted guy.

He's been calling nearly non-stop to her but she seems fairly uninterested. I did notice with the other pair that the females seem to take a while to settle in and respond so hopefully that's all it is and I don't have another male on my hands.

A Fat F1

Love this chubby little Cristo.

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween everyone! The orange frogs were out in force today to celebrate.

First up, a couple of beautiful Salt Creek kids. Love the belly on the second shot.

And next the Cristobals. I promise I didn't pose that first one. They seemed to be holding a conference when I walked by the tank today. These are all F1s from my trio. I've been very pleased with the way the offspring from these frogs have turned out.

A little closer.

Slightly washed out, but still pretty.

Blue Baby

This little Darkland was right out in front today. He seems to be coming along nicely though he may be the only one. Fingers crossed for more success.

Rambala Babies

The first little 'Rambala' pumilio started coming out of the water this week. Nice coloration so far.

Already on the ground hunting

 A bit behind and still keeping to the safety of the bromeliad

Ah, what a fun toy Instagram is!

Darkland Kids

Well there is no longer any question as to whether the new Darkland From Eric Malolepsy is a female. The other day I opened the viv and was startled by a tiny little guy flying for cover. I had no clue. Got a couple quick pics before it disappeared into the depths of the foliage.

Maybe this was mom feeding the little one.

Basti Family Photos

Top is mom and dad and the bottom two photos show the diversity in offspring. Love these guys!

Mom, dad, and kiddo.

Closeup of mom.

Caught dad calling.

Bastimentos FS Babies

I love the diversity in the 1st round of fine spot Basti babies. One has lots of tiny spots, one has slightly random scattered spots, and then there's this guy with almost no spots.

Rambala Transport

Caught a couple photos of the female transporting their first clutch.

Red Popas

The majority of the popa offspring have looked just like their gold parents, but recently I found a couple reddish froglets. I'm excited to see how their colors turn out in a year or so.

First Rambala Clutch

After eight months I found the first Rambala clutch. I was starting to wonder if I had ended up with any females in this group. I trimmed back the viv significantly the other day so I imagine that prompted the mating. Very glad to know I don't have five males!

A couple hours later I walked in to the male watering this clutch. I rarely see this guy and was excited for the opportunity to take a couple pictures.

FS Basti Baby

The FS Basti kids have been coming along nicely. As bold as they are throughout the day, when the camera comes out they disappear, so I'm lucky to get the occasional shot. This one wasn't too bad and, though the flash washes out the red, you can still see the fine spots breeding true. Possibly my favorite frogs to date.

Darkland Female?

This house has been male heavy for a while, and I'm always a bit nervous to hope for girls before proof, but so far the current Darkland male hasn't been showing any aggression towards this little one. She's much bolder than the boys and doesn't seem to mind the camera, though I took my time in getting in for that closeup.

Mother's Day Tribute

Here's a little ode to some of the gorgeous girls in my collection.

Mama Cristo whose babies are even better looking than her

Scarface Cristo is a devoted mom

One of the chubby toad girls

Gorgeous hopeful CDA girl. Not a peep in 1 1/2 years and very alluring to her male companion

Though the Salt Creek girls are hard to tell apart, they are amazing moms

Such devotion!

Slow and steady wins the race for the pretty popa girls

Though mama Basti doesn't much like her photo taken, she is one fantastic mom

This Grannie girl isn't very interested in her suitor, but hopefully age will change that

Sirensis lovebirds

This little Darkland female is on her way home to meet her new mate. Thank you Gabe, Ed, Chris, and of course Eric M!