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Name them Tubs, Lubs, and Chubs. All nicknames for my mother-in-law

It’s actually ethically good for someone with reptile keeping experience to try to breed healthy specimens like this to help stop more of them from being wild caught

Afaik nobody has managed to breed them succesfully. They got so far as to the females actually carrying eggs (you can see them through their translucent bellies!) but nothing came of them. My theory as to why is that they didn't use an enclosure DEEP enough. These frogs dig a cave for their babies (who actually skip the usual tadpole stage and are born fully formed, legs and all) that is way below their usual sleeping burrow depth. I'd go with at least 1m/3ft of soil.
Hope you read this and best of luck!

at first i wondered why he gave the frogs African accents but then i realized  that they are african rain frogs and burst out laughing🤣

You triggered her instinct to eat after the rain which she only does if she doesn't sense any predatorss, (you). It might just be that her family line is a bit more scared than those other two you got, so she was a little more scared, but that probably saved some of her ancestors too.

I’m glad you realized that she’s stressed because you were touching her. Animals remember trauma to help keep them safe. She was chilling in her natural environment and then went through goodness knows what to get to you. Animals usually die in transport so she’s probably seen a lot of dead rain frogs and experienced a lot of fear.

I never thought I'd be so invested in whether a frog eats or not...

It may sound like a dog toy, but this is the sonorous war cry, of a very angry frog...

For future reference, try to avoid swabbing frogs with dirt on them when you're taking swabs for disease testing. Dirt can inhibit the PCR reaction and result in a false negative. For best results, gently rinse your frogs off with distilled water before swabbing. You're trying to collect skin cells when you swab your frogs, so it's fine if you rinse them off first, just make sure to use gentle pressure when swabbing.

Try to simulate their natural environment as far as you can. Including morning mist and rain. Africa is hot, but it also has the day-night cycle of moisture and heat coolness, which are important for the frogs.
These frogs also lay their eggs inside the soil and guard them, so avoid digging them up and touching them at all costs. Before breeding, try to create a bioactive container, so you can rest easy with the soils not going bad and enduring the moisture levels and the frogs (and their waste) themself better. Their skin is delicate, so the hard and sharp gravel in the tank is not the best possible choice. The noises the frogs make might be because of breeding. Frogs usually make noise to attract a mate.  Please keep on reporting how things are going!

Watching future breeding frogs ? What's this, onlyfrogs?

They probably need deep soil that holds their burrows as stable as natural African soil would. A mother Rain Frog digs a 2-story burrow when she breeds. The deeper downstairs burrow is for the eggs and higher upstairs one is for mom to stay and keep an eye on things. When the babies have their legs and are ready to come out, the whole family leaves the burrow together. I would guess it's also important not to dig up the mom while she's looking after her babies. Being dug up all the time probably makes the females feel too insecure to breed. In the wild, they can hibernate for weeks waiting for rain.

The butt cheek card swipe 😂🤣🤣

You should name them Meatball, Tater, and Dumpling

Edit: Thanks to everyone responding that one of these names got used. I followed very closely and was happy to hear it :)

90% of people talking about how leafystreet is stressing the frogs. 10% of people talking about how cute the frogs look

The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) recently shared that the Branch’s Rain Frog has been rediscovered after it was last seen in 2008. The elusive little frog has the entire conservation community rejoicing, especially because they managed to discover two frogs.

Although conservation efforts are important, I'm always bewildered by creatures that seem to refuse to survive.  There's creatures like rats, fruit flies, and Africanized ants that will survive getting shot, nuked, or asteroided.  But then there's creatures like pandas, pupfish, and rain frogs that seem to be trying their best to remove themselves from the food chain in every way possible.

I didn’t know these cute little guys were all wild caught, that makes me sad. but hopefully responsible herp owners like you can establish a healthy breeding population and make sure they go to people who will take proper care of them.
Also, for names: Nugget, Clod, and Glorbo

3:30 "Oh i can fly now!" GOT MY ASS😭