GENDER

The males are much smaller than the females. They become sexually mature at 10 months to 1 year.  Sexing is made at this time by the fact that the males will vocalize frequently during the evening hours, are skinnier, and develop dark mating pads on the undersides of their hands and arms.  Females are larger, basically silent, and possess a cloacal extension between their hind legs.(see photo) The adults can grow to be several inches long, the females about twice the size of the males. Male frogs do not have a vocal sac however they have been known to be heard as far away as 100 yards.  Here their noise here. Females will respond to their own calls which according to ABCNEWS.com is a unique behavior to these frogs.

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LIFESPAN

(captivity) 15+ years

(wild) not known.  

I recently recieved this email (click here to read all about it)stating some new ages that these wonderful creatures have reached while in captivity!

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