Description
- Common Name: Amazon Milk Frog
- Scientific Name: Trachycephalus resinifictrix
- Locality/Morph: Wild Type
- Sex: Unsexed
- Age: 2026
- Source: Captive Bred
- Native Range: Amazon Basin — Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and surrounding regions
- Natural Habitat: Lowland tropical rainforest, canopy and tree hollows
- Diet: Live insects—crickets, roaches, locusts, moths, and other suitably sized invertebrates
- Basking Temperature: Not required
- Ambient Temperature: 24–28°C (night drop to 22–24°C)
- Humidity: 70–90% with regular misting
- Average Adult Size: 7–10 cm body length
Trachycephalus resinifictrix is a large, robust arboreal frog best known for its striking blue-grey coloration with bold dark brown banding and creamy white accents. The skin often appears waxy or glossy, particularly in adults. This species is nocturnal and spends much of the day resting in elevated retreats such as tree hollows or cork tubes.
In captivity, Amazon Milk Frogs require a tall, well-ventilated enclosure with plenty of vertical climbing opportunities. Cork bark tubes, branches, and broad-leafed plants are essential to replicate their natural resting sites. High humidity should be maintained through regular misting, but good airflow is critical, as this species is prone to skin issues if kept in stagnant conditions. A shallow water dish should always be available.
Feeding response is strong, with adults readily accepting larger feeder insects. All prey should be appropriately sized, gut-loaded, and dusted with calcium and vitamin supplements to ensure proper nutrition and growth.
Amazon Milk Frogs are best kept as display animals and should be handled minimally due to their sensitive skin and defensive secretions. When housed correctly, they are hardy, long-lived frogs that display calm behaviour and predictable nocturnal activity patterns.
Livestock Delivery:
Livestock is delivered in our own heated reptile courier vans. Delivery time from ordering will depend on your location and when we next have a van in your area, this will usually be a maximum of 2 weeks. You will receive a date and time slot by phone or email, so please ensure you enter these correctly at checkout. Delivery fee for livestock depends on location, prices start at £45. Livestock orders over £500 (+VAT) are delivered free of charge.
Livestock Sale Terms:
If multiple animals are in stock then not all will be pictured, so the photo above may not be exact animal available.
All prices are per individual unless otherwise stated. All livestock is subject to availability, whilst we try to keep the website as up to date as possible errors may happen, in this situation you will be contacted to arrange a refund/alternative.
Errors can happen with sexing and morph identification. Should this be discovered before leaving us you are entitled to a refund. After the animal leaves us it is the customers responsibility to inform us within 48 hours of the animals arrival. Failing to do so may lose the customers eligibility for a refund.
It is the customers responsibility to have the correct setup available and ready for the animal, if you need any advice please do get in touch. We have the right to request proof of setup at any time, failure to provide an image of an appropriate setup or any image at all, may result in a full order cancellation and refund.
Guarantee for all inverts & amphibians is 24 hours. All other livestock is 48 hours. If issues/concerns are notified upon delivery, then this may be extended. All health related queries will be subject to a full investigation should an issue arise. Failing to provide us with the information we request may void any form of guarantee. If we find reason from the information that its injury or death was caused by negligence or incorrect husbandry then the guarantee may be void. Should death or abnormalities occur then you must inform us as soon as possible. In the unlikely event that an animal passes away please photograph the dead body and freeze until you have heard from us. If death or illness occurs after 7 days, and no health issues were reported, then Ridgeway will not be held responsible.
We have the right to refuse any sale, refund or guarantee at any time if we feel it is necessary.
Livestock sales are for customers aged 18+, if under this age you must have prior parent permission. If we have any reason to suspect this is not the case we will contact you before the animal is released.
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