Picture comingIn the wild it spends the dry season buried in a cocoon of shed skin and breeds in temporary pools formed by the summer rains (October-February); embryos develop very fast and the tadpoles are carnivorous and cannibalistic from hatching.
Needs a sexed pair; they are solitary.
80-120 L shallow tank with soft sand.
Cool, dry rest then flooding.
Up to about 1,400 eggs in one spawning; tadpoles are cannibalistic and develop fast (about two weeks to the froglet stage per Wikipedia).
Cannibalistic tadpoles need constant feeding.
One breeding tank for the budgett's frog, drawn to scale from the breeding guide.
Water: soft water · sand bottom
A plan from the breeding guide and an adult size of 10 cm. Tank shape is a standard 2 : 1 : 1.2 box, at least 6 adult lengths long. Check each step in the guide above.
A 120 cm rack for breeding the budgett's frog in numbers.
In total: 3 tanks, about 400 L of water. A litre of water weighs about 1 kg, so check that the floor and rack can take the weight.
Sizes are worked out from the breeding tank in the guide. Tanks fit a standard 120 cm rack when they can; bigger tanks go on their own stands.
Females are much larger (males may be only about half their size); mature males have a dark blue-black throat.
Typical for frogs, newts and turtles
Needs a special setup. Read the species guide first.
A general guide for this breeding type. Days change with temperature and species.
Needs a special setup. Read the species guide first.
Set up a virtual breeding tank and see what would likely happen.
An educational estimate from the breeding rules, not a promise.