Toad species for a LARGE terrarium

[Bulb]

Hi all!

I'm a highschool student living in Stockholm Sweden. I'm taking a course that will last a year, the point of the course is for students to start a project of their choice and document the whole thing.

Because of my great interest in amphibians i have decided to center my projet around that theme. Some recent fortunate events have led me to aquire an empty aquarium of huge proportions, roughly 2 meters in width, 1 meter in height and 1 meter in depth. The thing is gigantic (which is awesome).

The main goal of my project is to see if i can get a species of amphibian to breed in a artificial environment.

This leads to my question: what species should i pick?

I have taken a liking to large frogs and toads, and have done alot of research on species such as bufo marinus, bufo alvarius, pacmanfrogs, tomato frogs, african bullfrogs, etc.

Yet none of these species seem ideal. It is worth mentioning that i intend to have a tropical or subbtropical environment in the terrarium. Since the terrarium is so large, i intend to house a couple of specimens in it, depending on the species.

Most large species of frogs seem rather placid and canibalistic, so i intended to go for bufo alvarius (colorado river toads), but these live in very dry, arid landscapes. Im not completely wired down on the tropical settup, but in my eyes this seems the most entertaining to construct and aesthetially pleasing.

Any ideas??

(know very little about african bullfrogs, maybe a viable option?)

/Bulb

[Noctoural88]

hmm. i would recommend bufo marinus, but they may get a little TOO big (about the size of a football.) Don't get african bullfrogs, they can be territorial and even cannibalistic. I would recommend getting american bullfrogs. the grow very large (not too large) and live in semi-aquatic setups (half land half water would be ideal). I saw a website ( lllreptiles.com ) which sells albino american bullfrogs, which might be interesting to watch breed.

[Bulb]

Thanks for the reply! Have had a cane toad before, and they get big indeed. As for the cannibalism it seems that toad species have a smaller tendency than their frog counterparts...

American bullfrogs would be a nice option acounting for the setup that i have in mind ( half and half with a waterfall and stream running through the tank)
The only negative aspect is the availability here in sweden. It is quite hard to get hold of breeders here, although i should be able to get my hands on a couple of specimens, given enough time.

[Noctoural88]

Yeah I forgot about the factor of availability. Hm they do seems like the best option although if it's not possible then I don't know what to suggest.. maybe a colony of like 10-15 fire-bellied toads?

[Bulb]

Will be trying my luck with the bullfrogs first, have put upp ads on swedish forums. But if i don't find any breeders then perhaps i should stick to more common species like fire bellied toads or pacmanfrogs ors something.

Would be pretty cool though to have like 15 fire bellied

[Noctoural88]

Goof luck, make sure you give us a sitrep when you figure out what you're gonna do

[Bulb]

Thanks mate!
will probably make a thread on the building process