Description
- Common Name: Chubby Frog, Banded Bullfrog or Asian Painted Frog
- Scientific Name: Kaloula pulchra
- Locality/Morph: Chocolate Chip
- Sex: Unknown
- Age: 2025
- Source: Captive Bred
- Native Range: South and Southeast Asia, including India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, southern China, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, and Sulawesi
- Natural Habitat: Tropical and subtropical forest, grassland, agricultural areas, rice fields, and areas close to human habitation; commonly found beneath leaf litter, fallen timber, and within loose soil
- Diet: Insectivorous—ants, termites, crickets, roaches, and other appropriately sized invertebrates
- Basking Temperature: 26–28°C
- Ambient Temperature: 22–26°C (night drop to 20–23°C)
- Average Adult Size: 5–7.5 cm snout-to-vent length
The Asian Painted Frog (Kaloula pulchra) is a robust, terrestrial microhylid frog native to South and Southeast Asia. It has a characteristically rounded body, short limbs, and a brown to reddish-brown dorsal colouration with contrasting pale or yellowish lateral bands. The species is predominantly nocturnal, spending much of the daytime concealed beneath leaf litter, fallen wood, or within loose substrate before becoming active after dark.
In captivity, a horizontally oriented enclosure with a deep, moisture-retentive substrate should be provided to accommodate the species’ natural burrowing behaviour. Coconut fibre, soil-based substrates, or similar amphibian-safe materials can be used, with sufficient depth for the frogs to partially or completely bury themselves. Cork bark, leaf litter, plants, and other suitable shelters should also be provided to create secure areas of cover.
Humidity should be maintained at moderate to high levels, while avoiding permanently waterlogged substrate. Good ventilation is important to prevent stagnant conditions. A shallow water dish containing clean, treated water should always be available, allowing the frogs to soak and maintain hydration.
A stable thermal gradient should be maintained rather than excessive heat, with temperatures generally kept in the low to mid-20s°C and a slight reduction at night. The species does not require intense basking temperatures and should always have access to cooler areas within the enclosure.
Asian Painted Frogs are opportunistic insectivores and readily accept a range of appropriately sized live invertebrates. Crickets, roaches, mealworms, ants, termites, and other suitably sized feeder insects can be offered, with food items appropriately supplemented with calcium and other required nutrients. Feeding is best carried out during the evening or at night when the species is naturally active.
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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