Current chapel frog situationpic.twitter.com/qy7ZQX7MRS
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That does make me feel better, I think.
These frogs aren't poisonous in captivity. The tadpoles you see here were bred in the US, and all but one species have very healthy wild populations. The one species that is vulnerable is facing challenges *not* due to the pet trade, but due to habitat loss (coffee plantations).
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The main reason for our strict rules in Australia is to avoid a repeat of the Cane Toad, rabbit, fox, and Northern Pacific Seastar situations. The rules are for the best, despite my wishes for cool pets.
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Dry conditions + high heat will kill these guys fast, so they're probably not a threat to your native species in most cases. But there is a global problem with smuggling wild-caught endangered species, and they can be hard to identify on sight
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As with any other animal in your home, it's important to meet their specific needs and not release them into whatever wooded area if you can't care for them, as they'll likely die. But these aren't dangerous, and keeping them doesn't threaten their populations in the wild.
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I was watching BBC America instead of working yesterday. One of the red ones took her six tadpoles, one-by-one, to these upturned conical leaf structures holding water. ..Then laid an unfertilized egg in each pool for the tadpole to eat. ..Every few days May get interesting.
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