Frogs as pet is becoming popular as aquarium fish. Sometimes, these creatures are domesticated because of their small size, fairly attractive looks, and in many cases, because of the undemanding conditions needed to take care of them. Since most frogs do not have the dietary needs of mammals, their food often represents a fraction of the expense needed to nourish dogs or cats.

Argentine Horned Frog (Ceratopphrys ornate)

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The Argentine Horned Frog, a species found in the rainforests of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, is a popular pet frog. This frog with wonderfully bright coloration is known in the pet industry as “Pacman Frog” It is usually the hardiest species and is easy to care for. The Argentine Horned frog has simple requirements as a pet. It usually fed mainly on large adult locusts, black and brown crickets and mice.

Malagasy Rainbow Frog (Scaphiophryne gottlebei)

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The Malagasy Rainbow Frog is also known for a variety of common names like Ornate Hopper, Rainbow Burrowing Frog, Red Rain Frog and Gottlebe’s Narrow-mouthed Frog. It is one of the most highly decorated of the Madagascan frogs. It was named in 2008 as “being among the rarest and most remarkable amphibians” on the planet. Thousands are captured every year for the pet trade.

Albino Pacman Frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli)

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This variant of Albino Pacman Frog with orange and yellow back is very popular as pet. Its size ranges from 8-13 cm long or3-5 in and can weigh up to 0.5 kg or1 lb. Albino Pacman Frog of Cranwell’s Horned Frog is nocturnal and rest with its eyelids open. As a pet they should be kept in a humid environment such as an aquarium with moist substrate (not gravel). They should be fed a mixed diet of crickets, mealworms, small mice, and feeder fish. It should be fed every 2-3 days until the age of 18 months, at which point they should be fed once every 10-14 days.

Magnificent Tree Frog (Litoria splendida)

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Another beautifully colored frog you’ll certainly love to have as a pet is the Magnificent Tree Frog or Splendid Tree Frog. It is endemic to Australia and may grow up to 10.4 cm or 4.1 in. With an olive to bright green dorsal surface with a white ventral surface plus undersides of the feet and legs that are bright yellow, it is certainly another beauty of nature to admire.

Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)

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The shiny and bright green colored with white spots Green Tree Frog is one of the most popular pet frogs throughout the world due to its docile nature, cartoon-like appearance, and long life expectancy. Other common names for this frog include Australian Green Tree Frog, White’s Tree Frog, or Dumpy Tree Frog. It is endemic to Australia.

Common Reed Frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus)

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Amphibian lovers will certainly love to own this colorful and beautiful frog. The Common Reed Frog has one of the most unique and beautiful color combinations and pattern. It can be found in many countries of Africa. This species is not just pretty but unique as well because it had been observed to change their sex organs from female to male. This likely occurs when the population does not have enough males to allow procreation and is accomplished when a chemical trigger activates the sex gene to disintegrate the female organs and develop the male ones.

American Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea)

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Green tree frogs are popular species of pet frogs, one of which is the American Green Tree Frog. It is a common backyard species that can often be seen at porch lights, where they may gather to look for insects to eat. This frog is available in most pet stores and they are relatively easy frogs to take care of. They need a large (at least two-gallon) terrarium and do well with bark, pebbles, or even paper towels on the floor of their terrarium.

Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)

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Puffing big red eyes, orange toes, yellow-green + blue + yellow body color combinations, the Red-eyed Tree Frog, an arboreal species native to Central America, is undoubtedly one of the most beautifully colored frog in the world if not the BEST. The red-eyed tree frog has three eyelids and sticky pads on its toes. Although most colorful frogs are poisonous, the Red-eyed Tree Frog is not. It relies on camouflage to protect itself.

Red Eyed Tree Frog (Litoria chloris)

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This frog is not just a beauty but also medically useful because it was found out that its skin secretions destroy HIV without harming healthy T cells.

This adorable frog is also commonly known as the Red-eyed Tree Frog, but unlike the first Red-eyed Tree Frog that is endemic to Central America; this species is native to Australia. The Red-eyed Tree Frog is a uniform bright green above, occasionally with yellow spots, and bright yellow on the underside. The front side of the arms and legs are green, while the underside is yellow or white. The thighs may be blue/purple to blue/black in color in adults. It has golden eyes at the centre, which change to red towards the edge of the eye.

Rana Lemur Naranja (Phyllomedusa tomopterna)

This pretty creature can be found in the South American countries Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana and Guyana. The Rana Lemur Naranja’s natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps and intermittent freshwater marshes.

Oriental Fire BMellied Toad (Bombina orientalis)

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The small but colorful Oriental Fire-bellied Toad found in Korea, China and Russia is commonly kept as pets in land and water vivarium. It is notable for its bright green and black coloration on its back and brilliant orange and black on their underside. This frog is toxic. The toxin is secreted through the skin on the belly in a milky-like substance when the frog is disturbed or frightened.

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It is also commonly kept as a pet in the US. It is fed with small crickets and other small insects and grubs.

Golden Dart Frog (Atelopus zeteki)

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Although the Golden Dart Frog or Golden Dart Frog is a species that belongs to the family of frog that is currently considered the most poisonous vertebrate in the world, some people keep it as a pet. In captivity, the frog is fed with Drosophila fruit flies, cochineals and crickets, the larvae of various insects, and other small live invertebrate foods.

Hyla japonica

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The Japanese Tree Frog, a species distributed from Japan, Korean and China, certainly has the edge among other frog species because the journalist Toyohiro Akiyama carried some Japanese Tree Frogs with him during his trip to the Mir Space Station (the world’s first consistently inhabited long-term research station in space) in December 1990.

More colorful frogs you may like as pets.

Madagascan Mantella (Mantella madagascariensis)

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As manifested by the Madagascan Mantella, a species native to Madagascar, yellow and black combination is always one of the best color combinations. The natural habitats of Madagascan Mantella are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist mountains, and rivers.

Cruziohyla calcarifer

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Cruziohyla calcarifer is certainly unique for having two colors in the eye, both grey and yellow. It is also distinct by lacking the reticulated membrane that covers the eye in the genus Agalychnis. The range of this colorful frog extends through Central America into northern South America.

Heterixalus alboguttatus

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Of all the frogs I have searched, Heterixalus alboguttatus, a species native to Madagascar, it is the only frog that has polka dots coloration. Its natural habits are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

Granular Poison Frog (Oophaga granuliferus)

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Big eyes plus a bright red combined with speckled grey, the Granular Poison Frog, a species found in Costa Rica and Panama is certainly a beauty. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical, moist, lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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