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Do you like my frog? He’s a White’s Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) and lives in a tank along with two friends. Believe it or not, they are all 22 years old and I’ve had them since they were tadpoles!
White's Tree Frog
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A quick internet search suggests frogs can live for surprisingly short or long times. The White’s tree frog on has life spans shown below
Litoria caerulea
White’s Tree Frog
LIT.d 20 Years.
LIT.e 19 Years, 1 Month.
CHII 17 Years, 6 Months.
LIT.a 8 Years, 6 Months.
RION 7 Years, 2 Months.
Maybe you should contact them and add your info to their site
http://www.pondturtle.com/longev.html
Absolutely amazing that you’ve still got these Alan. I can’t actually remember what happened to mine, don’t think they died, think I may have given them away. So I guess they could still be going strong somewhere!!
They are just the cutest and soooo funny!
Pretty good going hey…. Especially seeing as I rarely feed them!
Can you remember when we got them? Must have been around 1988-ish by my reckoning?
hello my name is AJ and i was curious if any of these frogs are still alive and kickin. i do alot of in dept stuies and sw your post and was woundering if you can give me an update all three cases yu have are very interesting and i hope their all still alive. rn i have a small whites love her their rewarding pets to have and you gave this frog as a pet alot of hope at such a high age which is very impressive,
Hi AJ – unfortunately not, it would be 37 years old by now if it was still alive which would be very impressive, they made it to around 25 years though so had a good long life.
Al.