Family Hvizdalkoviti Leptodactylidae

Family Hvizdalkoviti is very large, widespread in warm regions of Africa, Australia and America. Males are ozyvaji hvizdavymi votes. Some dorustaji to twenty centimeters.

Inhabit a variety of environments around the water, living in trees and under the earth. This is their great diversity of shape. Many species are very attractive and are often kept in captivity. These are interesting ratchet from South America.
Hvizdalka nedorusta more than 6.5 centimeters. For their breeding is used medium-sized richly overgrown terrarium. About half the area consists of land and half water tank with sand and stones. Frogs are most often present in water or in its surroundings. At the time of mating is ozyvaji pleasant voice. In captivity are breeding. The feeding them adequately serve large insects - crickets, roach nymphs,potemniku larvae and insects caught in nature.

Hvizdalka petiprsta
Leptodactylus pentadactylus

Description: Large, up to 18 cm long frog with smooth skin and eyes vystouplyma. Body color is light to dark red to light or dark spots, with transverse dark stripes on the legs. The sides are clearly separated from the back skin fold yellowish orange. Abdomen is dirty white, the sides and bottom with dark spots. Males have horny inches thorns, which, in the mating exactly fit into specially shaped retaining bodies on the chest female. At the time of reproduction to males with strong front legs turns into June.
Extension: Central and South America,Lesser Antilles.
Environment and habitat: Tropical rainforests.
Way of life: Despite the big day hvizdalka hiding under roots of trees, in norach vyhrabanych other animals or in dense stands. During the night shall be issued for hunting insects stonozek, spiders and small frogs. They hunt on the ground.

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