fire bellied`s

[elrond]

hello all just got myself 3 fire bellied toads , ace little guys , my question is i am certain i have 1 male he calls all night , well most of the day as well, and i think 2 females, when he tries and mounts the other 2 they respond with a different pitch and quicker bark back is this a female saying get off or is it male trieing to mount male,
the other 2 dont bark at all when there all sat on their own,

So is there any other other way of ID`ing there sex .

cheers

Aaron

[jdf]

I only have 2 FBT, like you one is male and often calls.
The other never makes a noise except when the male mounts it then it has a very different call like you said. I assume the quieter one is female???

You are supposed to be able to sex them like this:-

The males call & also tend to have larger forelimbs and nuptial pads are visible on the thumbs however these pads are difficult to spot.

I can't spot the difference between mine, but mine are still quite small only about an 1" (2.5cm) long.

Sorry that I can't help more....

[elrond]

thank you for your reply , there tricky little things , i have been doing further reading and i think when the other toads replys with a different call back , its a female not ready to mate or the setup is not suitable,there seem to prefer deeper water when breeding 5-6 inches ,
still learning loads all the time, almose certain i have 1 male 2 female as 1 only calls and is the 1 trying to mate.

Cheers

Aaron