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