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The species database combines two of the most popular aspects of our old website; the care sheets and photo galleries.

The care sheets published on this site are designed to provide a simple introductory outline to the basic requirements of each species. The material published in these guides is based on the way we care for these animals here at Pollywog and details are correct to the best of our knowledge, there are many ways to keep these animals and opinions will differ, we do not guarantee that following our care guides will enable you to keep a certain species alive and healthy but do hope that they will help. It is always advisable to do as much research as possible from as many different resources as possible before purchasing an animal.

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afrixalus_dorsalis Striped Spiny Reed Frog (Afrixalus dorsalis) Updated
Image coming soon Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog (Afrixalus fornasinii)
afrixalus_paradorsalis Cameroon Clown Tree Frog (Afrixalus paradorasalis)
agalychnis_callidryas Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
alytes_muletensis Mallorcan Midwife Toads (Alytes muletensis)
alytes_obstetricans European Midwife Toads (Alytes obstetricans)
ambystoma_maculatum Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
ambystoma_mavortium Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium)
ambystoma_mexicanum Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
ambystoma_opacum Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)
ambystoma_tigrinum Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
bombina_bombina European Fire-bellied Toad (Bombina bombina)
Updated
bombina maxima Giant Fire-bellied Toad (Bombina maxima)
 Updated
bombina_orientalis. Oriental Fire-bellied Toad (Bombina orientalis)
 Updated
bombina_pachypus Appenine Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina pachypus)
 Updated
bombina_variegata Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata)
 Updated
bombina_hybrid Frankenstein Fire-bellied Toad (Bombina Hybrids)
Image coming soon Madagascan Dagger Frog (Boophis madagascariensis)
Image coming soon Pauliani's Dagger Frog (Boophis pauliani)
brachytarsophrys_feae Short Horned Leaf Frogs (Brachytarsophrys feae)
Image coming soon Colorado River Toad (Bufo alvarius)
bufo_asper Giant River Toad (Bufo asper)
bufo_bufo Common Toad (Bufo bufo)
bufo_calamita Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita)
Image coming soon Great Plains Toad (Bufo cognatus)
bufo_debilis American Green Toad (Bufo debilis) Updated
bufo_galeatus Vietnamese Mountain Toad (Bufo galeatus)
bufo_luetkenii Central American Toad (Bufo luetkenii)
bufo_marinus Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)
bufo_melanostictus Black-spined Toad (Bufo melanostictus) Updated
Image coming soon Siberian Sand Toads (Bufo raddei)
bufo_regularis Square-marked Toad (Bufo regularis) Updated
Image coming soon Texas Toad (Bufo speciosus)
bufo_terrestris Southern Toad (Bufo terrestris)
bufo_valliceps Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps)
Image coming soon Variegated Toad (Bufo variegatus)
bufo_viridis European Green Toad (Bufo viridis)
Caudiverbera caudiverbera Chilean Helmeted Water Toads (Caudiverbera caudiverbera)
Ceratophrys cornuta Surinam Horned Frog(Ceratophrys cornuta)
Ceratophrys cranwelli Cranwell's Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli)
 Updated
Ceratophrys ornata Ornate Horned Frog (Ceratophrys ornata)
Image coming soon Fantasy Frogs (Ceratophrys Hybrids)
Image coming soon Peters Foam Nest Frog (Chiromantis petersii)
Image coming soon African Grey Tree Frog (Chiromantis xerampelina) Updated
Conraua alleni Allen's Slippery Frog (Conraua alleni)
Conraua crassipes Abo Slippery Frog (Conraua crassipes)
Cynops cyanurus Blue-tailed Fire-bellied Newt (Cynops cyanurus)
Cynops ensicauda Sword-tailed Newt (Cynops ensicauda)
Cynops orientalis Chinese Fire-bellied Newt (Cynops orientalis)
Cynops pyrrhogaster Japanese Fire-bellied Newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)
Cynops sp Unidentified Fire-bellied Newt (Cynops sp.)
Dendrobates amazonicus Amazonian Poison-arrow Frogs (Dendrobates amazonicus)
Dendrobates auratus Green & Black Poison-arrow Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
Dendrobates lamasi Pasco Poison-arrow Frogs (Dendrobates lamasi)
Dendrobates leucomelas Bumblebee Poison-arrow Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
Dendrobates pumilio Strawberry Poison-arrow Frogs (Dendrobates pumilio)
Dendrobates tinctorius Dyeing Poison-arrow Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
Dendrobates ventrimaculatus Amazonian Poison-arrow Frogs (Dendrobates ventrimaculatus)
Dendroposophus leucophyllattus Clown Tree Frog (Dendroposophus leucophyllattus)
desmognathus_conanti Spotted Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus conanti)
desmognathus_quadramaculatus Black-bellied Salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus)
desmognathus Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus sp.)
dyscophus_guinetii Sambava Tomato Frogs (Dyscophus guineti)
Image coming soon Western Tomato Frogs (Dyscophus insularis)
Epipedobates tricolor Phantasmal Poison-arrow Frog (Epipedobates tricolor)
Eurycea cirrigera Southern Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera)
Image coming soon Marsupial Frogs (Gastrotheca)
Geotrypetes seraphini Gaboon Caecilian (Geotrypetes seraphini)
Hemisus marmoratus Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog (Hemisus marmoratus)
Herpele squalastoma Cameroon Caecilian (Herpele squalastoma)
Image coming soon Madagascan Reed Frog (Heterixalus betsileo)
Image coming soon Powder Blue Reed Frog (Heterixalus madagascariensis)
Image coming soon Rutenberg's Reed Frog (Heterixalus rutenbergi)
Image coming soon Crowned Bullfrogs (Hoplobatrachus occipitalis)
Hoplobatrachus sp. Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus sp.)
Hyla arborea European Green Treefrog (Hyla arborea)
 Updated
Hyla chinensis Chinese Treefrog (Hyla chinensis)
Hyla chrysoscelis Cope's Grey Tree Frog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
Hyla cinerea American Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea) Updated
Image coming soon Barking Tree Frog (Hyla gratiosa) Updated
Image coming soon Spotted Emerald Glass Frog (Hyla punctata)
Hyla squirella Squirrel Treefrog (Hyla squirella)
Hyla versicolor Eastern Grey Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)
 Updated
Hylomantis lemur Lemur Leaf Frog (Hylomantis lemur)
Hymenochirus boettgeri Zaire Dwarf Clawed Frog (Hymenochirus boettgeri)
Hyperolius argus Argus Reed Frogs (Hyperolius argus)
Hyperolius concolor Variable Reed Frogs (Hyperolius concolor)
Hyperolius fusciventris Lime Reed Frogs (Hyperolius fusciventris)
Hyperolius glandicolor Reed Frogs (Hyperolius glandicolor)
Hyperolius guttulatus Dotted Reed Frogs (Hyperolius guttulatus)
Image coming soon Hieroglyphic Reed Frogs (Hyperolius hieroglyphicus)
Image coming soon Marbled Reed Frogs (Hyperolius marmoratus)
Hyperolius mitchelli Mitchell's Reed Frogs (Hyperolius mitchelli)
Image coming soon Cameroon Spotted Reed Frogs (Hyperolius pickersgilli)
puncticulatus Spotted Reed Frogs (Hyperolius puncticulatus)
Image coming soon Emerald Arrow Reed Frogs (Hyperolius riggenbachi)
Hyperolius viridiflavus Reed Frogs (Hyperolius viridiflavus)
Kaloula baleata Gong Frogs (Kaloula baleata)
Kaloula pulchra Asian Bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra)
Kassina senegalensis Senegal Running Frog (Kassina senegalensis)
Image coming soon Red-legged Running Frog (Kassina maculata)
Image coming soon Boulenger's Bushfrog (Kurixalus verrucosus)
Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett's Frog (Lepidobatrachus laevis)
Leptopelis aubryi Gaboon Forest Treefrog (Leptopelis aubryi)
Image coming soon Barbour's Treefrog (Leptopelis barbouri)
 Updated
Image coming soon Giant Big-eyed Treefrog (Leptopelis brevirostris) Updated
Leptopelis flavomaculatus Yellow-spotted Treefrog (Leptopelis flavomaculatus)
 Updated
Image coming soon Masked Big Eye Frog (Leptopelis nordequatorialis) Updated
Image coming soon Uluguru Treefrog (Leptopelis uluguruensis)
 Updated
Leptopelis vermiculatus Usumbara Peacock Treefrog (Leptopelis vermiculatus) Updated
Image coming soon Bosca's Newt (Lissotriton boscai)
Lissotriton helveticus Palmate Newt (Lissotriton helveticus)
Lissotriton italicus Italian Newt (Lissotriton italicus)
Lissotriton montandoni Carpathian Newt (Lissotriton montandoni)
Lissotriton vulgaris Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)
Image coming soon Green & Golden Bells Frog (Litoria aurea)
litoria caerulea White's Treefrog (Litoria caerulea)
 Updated
litoria infrafrenata White-lipped Tree Frog (Litoria infrafrenata)
Mantella aurantiaca Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
Image coming soon Brown Mantella (Mantella betsileo)
Mantella ebenaui Leaf Mantella (Mantella ebenaui)
Image coming soon Blue-legged Mantella (Mantella expectata)
Image coming soon Arboreal Mantella (Mantella laevigata)
Image coming soon Malagasy Mantella (Mantella madagascariensis)
Mantella viridis Green Mantella (Mantella viridis)
Megophrys montana Asian Leaf Toads (Megophrys montana)
Megophrys nasuta Asian Horned Frog (Megophrys nasuta)
Image coming soon Bumble Bee Toad (Melanophryniscus stelzneri)
Mesotriton alpestris Alpine Newt (Mesotriton alpestris)
Updated
Microhyla achatina Java Rice Frogs (Microhyla achatina)
Microhyla Rice Frogs (Microhyla sp.)
Necturus maculatus Mudpuppy (Necturus maculatus)
Notophthalmus viridescens Red-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Image coming soon Floating Frog (Occidozyga lima)
Ommatotriton ophryticus Banded Newt (Ommatotriton ophryticus)
Ommatotriton vittatus Banded Newt (Ommatotriton vittatus)
Osteopilus septentrionalis Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)
Pachyhynobius shangchengensis Shangcheng Stout Newt (Pachyhynobius shangchengensis)
Pachytriton brevipes Spotted Stout Newt (Pachytriton brevipes)
Pachytriton labiatus Paddle-tailed Newt (Pachytriton labiatus)
Pachytriton Giant Stout Newt (Pachytriton sp.)
Paramesotriton caudopunctatus Spot-tailed Warty Newt (Paramesotriton caudopunctatus)
Paramesotriton chinensis Chinese Warty Newt (Paramesotriton chinensis)
Image coming soon Fuzhong Warty Newt (Paramesotriton fuzhongensis)
Paramesotriton hongkongensis Hong Kong Warty Newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis)
Pelobates cultripes Western Spadefoot Toads (Pelobates cultripes)
Pelobates fuscus Common Spadefoot Toad (Pelobates fuscus)
Updated
Image coming soon Red-banded Crevice Creeper (Phrynomantis bifasciatus)
Phrynomantis microps Ghana Fire Frogs (Phrynomantis microps)
Phyllobates terribilis Terrible Poison-arrow Frogs (Phyllobates terribilis)
Phyllobates vittatus Striped Poison-arrow Frog (Phyllobates vittatus)
Phyllomedusa bicolor Giant Monkey Frogs (Phyllomedusa bicolor)
Image coming soon Orange-legged Monkey Frogs (Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis)
Phyllomedusa sauvagii Waxy Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii)
Pipa carvalhoi Carvalho's Surinam Toad (Pipa carvalhoi)
Pipa pipa Surinam Toad (Pipa pipa)
Pleurodeles nebulosus Algerian Ribbed Newt (Pleurodeles nebulosus)
Pleurodeles waltl Sharp-ribbed Newt (Pleurodeles waltl) Updated
Polypedates leucomystax Asian Tree Frog (Polypedates leucomystax) Updated
Pseudotriton ruber Red Salamanders (Pseudotriton ruber)
Ptychadena mascareniensis Mascarene Ridged Frogs (Ptychadena mascareniensis)
Pyxicephalus adspersus African Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)
Updated
Pyxicephalus edulis Edible Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis)
Rana catesbeiana American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Rana esculenta Edible Frog (Rana esculenta)
Rana lessonae Pool Frog (Rana lessonae)
 Updated
Rana ridibunda Marsh Frog (Rana ridibunda)
Rana temporaria Common Frogs (Rana temporaria)
Image coming soon Annam Flying Frog (Rhacophorus annamensis)
rhacophorus_dennysii Blue Gliding Frogs (Rhacophorus dennysii)
Image coming soon Fea's Treefrog (Rhacophorus feae)
rhacophorus_reinwardtii Reinwardt's Flying Frogs (Rhacophorus reinwardtii)
Salamandra salamandra Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra)
Image coming soon Ornate Hopper (Scaphiophryne gottlebei)
Scaphiophryne madagascariensis Madagascan Rain Frogs (Scaphiophryne madagascariensis)
Scaphiophryne marmorata Marbled Hoppers (Scaphiophryne marmorata)
Image coming soon Emerald Hopper (Scaphiophryne pustulosa)
Scaphiopus couchii Couch's Spadefoot Toads (Scaphiopus couchii)
Image coming soon Eastern Spadefoot Toads (Scaphiopus holbrookii)
Silurana epitropicalis Cameroon Clawed Frog (Silurana epitropicalis)
Silurana tropicalis Tropical Clawed Frog (Silurana tropicalis)
Siren intermedia Lesser Siren (Siren intermedia)
Siren lacertina Greater Siren (Siren lacertina)
Smilisca baudinii Masked Tree Frog (Smilisca baudinii)
Taricha torosa California Newts (Taricha torosa)
Image coming soon Pied Mossy Frog (Theloderma asperum)
Theloderma corticale Vietnamese Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale)
 Updated
Trachycephalus lepidus Red-spotted Milk Frog (Trachycephalus nigromaculatus)
Trachycephalus resinifictrix Amazonian Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix)
Image coming soon Veined Milk Frog (Trachycephalus venulosus)
Triprion petasatus Casque-headed Frogs (Triprion petasatus)
Triturus carnifex Italian Crested Newt (Triturus carnifex)
Triturus cristatus Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
Image coming soon Danube Crested Newt (Triturus dobrogicus)
Triturus karelinii Southern Crested Newt (Triturus karelinii)
Triturus marmoratus Marbled Newt (Triturus marmoratus)
Tylototriton verrucosus Crocodile Newt (Tylototriton verrucosus)
Typhlonectes natans Rio Cauca Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans)
Vibrissaphora leishanensis Leishan Moustache Toad (Vibrissaphora leishanensis)
Xenopus borealis Marsabit Clawed Frogs (Xenopus borealis)
Xenopus fraseri Fraser's Clawed Frogs (Xenopus fraiseri)
Xenopus laevis African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis)
Updated
Xenopus muelleri Muller's Clawed Frog (Xenopus muelleri)