Josh's Frogs

11/03/2024

How many of you already own a YSCT or have had one in the past?

11/03/2024

🎎✨Happy Japanese Culture Day! 🌸 Today, we wanted to highlight our beautiful and versatile Asplenium nidus 'Japanese Bird's Nest Fern'! They're great for mounting on standalone wood with spgahnum moss (as pictured on cork), mounting on your tank background, planting in the mid or foreground, or even potting it up as a houseplant!

11/02/2024

One of the most rewarding aspects of building a little nature box in your home is designing your own piece of natural art. Often in time, mother nature adds her own final touches too! What are the coolest mushrooms you've had pop up?

11/02/2024

Most pet reptiles and amphibians love to eat live insects, and most live feeder insects should be dusted with a quality vitamin and mineral supplement. Providing these supplements is very important to keep your pets healthy. In the wild, these animals would be eating a wide variety of different food items - something we are incapable of replicating in captivity. By dusting prey items with a vitamin or mineral supplement, we're doing what we can to ensure our pet's diet is nutritious and well rounded.

11/02/2024

11/01/2024

SNEAK PEEK! ABG and many of our other Josh's Frogs brand products are getting new design and packaging. As we expand into more stores, we really wanted our product packaging to be more shelf-friendly and for our design to include more helpful information. Interested in applying for a wholesale account? Just drop a comment and we'll shoot you the form link.

11/01/2024

Happy Fruit Fly Friday from this fun-guy! Comment if you see it!

11/01/2024

Set it and forget it! Which items do you currently have on AutoDelivery? Just look for this button for eligible products on our website to schedule customized, routine autodelivery!

10/31/2024

LAST CHANCE FOR SAVINGS! Nothing's scarier than missing out on deals! Our 13 Days of Horror end at midnight, so don't miss out on live and dry discounts before they're dead!

10/31/2024

50% OFF our regular Chinese Cave Geckos! For a limited time only, enjoy these savings and so many more on our website. Check them out before our 13 Days of Horror Sales end at midnight TONIGHT!

10/30/2024

At just ¾ of an inch, these adorable Blue Back Reed Froglets are almost fully grown! Females can reach up to 1.5 inches, while males stay closer to 1 inch in size. Native to Madagascar, the Blue Back Reed Frog (Heterixalus madagascariensis) is found nowhere else in the world! Their stunning coloration and patterns can vary depending on individual frogs, age, gender, and even light exposure. At night, these little frogs become more pale as they spring into action to find food and mates. How cool is that? These frogs make great pets and can live anywhere from 3-5 years in captivity. They also thrive in groups, so be sure to pick up a few when purchasing!
(Credit to Grace G., JF Assistant Curator of Tree Frogs & Toads)

10/30/2024

The Thai Golden Fringed Tarantula, known scientifically as Ornithoctonus aureotibialis, is an uncommon tarantula that definitely deserves a bit more attention. This Thai beauty from the tropical rainforests of Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia is rarely seen in its native range. That's because it's an inveterate burrow dweller that only leaves its burrow if it's been destroyed or it happens to be a mature male. This gorgeous tarantula looks like it's reflecting golden light off its front legs. You might not see this beauty out of its home much, but when you do, it's all worth it!! 😍

10/30/2024

This is a Dendrobates tinctorius 'Alalapadu Cobalt' Albino Dart Frog. It's amazing how intricate these frogs' patterns are when you get to see them up close. When bred with a normal blue and yellow Alalapadu Cobalt, you'll often get a range of both the albino and normal phenotypes.

10/29/2024

Our Echevaria 'Growers Choice' option lets us pick which natural beauty you will receive. All are easy to care for with such perfect symmetry!

(Credit to Jamey T., JF Horticulturist)

10/29/2024

Happy National Internet Day! 🎉✨ When it's not broken, it's great! Let's celebrate the incredible technology that has connected us all like never before. Without the internet, Josh's Frogs as we know it likely wouldn't exist . The internet brings us together in so many ways, so cheers to staying connected and inspired! 🌐💻

10/29/2024

Geckos, geckos, GECKOS!!! Scale up your gecko knowledge with Josh's Frogs newest podcast, featuring a collaboration with the ⁠Gecko Exchange Podcast⁠!
YouTube:
https://youtu.be/7rjq2n2Ib9E
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/6XJsvCmXu7A9oG9aNYwf7c?si=cd3d57fe5d204c42

10/28/2024

🐜🕷️ Many people are afraid of insects, but did you know that we couldn’t survive without them? And I'm not just talking about the honey bees; insects like wasps, cockroaches, and even mosquitoes play essential roles in our ecosystem too! Sure, they might bug us 😄, but every other animal and plant we love depends on their presence. If insects were to vanish, our environment would spiral into chaos! It’s a mind-boggling thought, especially considering that if all of humanity disappeared, the Earth would return to the balanced state it enjoyed thousands of years ago. Despite our technological advances, life as we know it would grind to a halt without these little critters. Why is that? The reasons are both simple and complex. For one, almost all insects are essential pollinators and act as nature's cleanup crew! Without them, countless plants, including those that produce our food, wouldn’t be able to reproduce, and dead plants and animals would pile up without insects to break them down. 🚮 Think about this: in the rainforests of central Africa, all the insects together weigh more than all the vertebrates combined! 🐘🦍🐍 Imagine that… these tiny creatures surpass the mass of all the forest’s elephants, gorillas, birds, reptiles, and other animals with backbones. 🏋️‍♂️ It’s a powerful reminder of how vital insects are in keeping our ecosystems balanced, from pollinating flowers to cleaning up the forest floor. 🧡 That’s why, at Josh’s Frogs, we take special care to ensure that no insect or animal is ever released back into the wild.🚫 This helps protect natural ecosystems from disruptions and keeps local wildlife safe. Josh's Frogs strives to connect people with nature and strongly believes that the keeping and breeding of animals in captivity should have a direct, positive link to wild populations. We've put this theory into action with our Josh's Frogs Conservation Initiatives. Through direct partnerships with key conservation players, every animal sold results in money going directly to conservation in the field, and we provide annual grants to support these initiatives. We're determined to make a difference! Our commitment to conservation doesn’t end there! We’re proud to offer programs like the Josh’s Frogs Amphibian Conservation Grant, which helps protect rainforests and the amazing species that live there. 🐸🌳
(Credit to Jacob H., JF Cockroach Technician)

10/28/2024

Seth, a JF Dart Frog Keeper, snapped this beautiful photo of one of our Dendrobates tinctorius 'Brazilian Yellow Head' dart frogs posing on a flowering Begonia plant!

10/28/2024

Although most species of tarantula have one consistent look throughout each species, there are some that come in different varieties. Today we will look at the Trinidad Olive Tarantula, known scientifically as Neoholothele incei. This gorgeous dwarf species from the dry scrublands of Trinidad, Venezuela, and the Caribbean actually comes in two color forms. The original is a classic, the Trinidad Olive Tarantula has a metallic pale green hue as an adult female. There is also the Trinidad Olive Tarantula Gold Form, which, as it sounds, has a shiny golden hue. Here we see two adult females that live here at Josh’s Frogs. We call them Frick (the Gold) and Frack (the Olive). They are heavy webbers and it is not difficult to see why they are so popular. Under the correct conditions, this species can be kept communally.

10/27/2024

There are two very popular species of Tarantulas, kept as pets, that are very easy to confuse. These are the Mexican Red Knee Tarantula and the Mexican Giant Orange Knee Tarantula. Brachypelma smithi was first described in 1897. However, in 1994, a man named A. M. Smith redescribed the species using two adult specimens that actually belonged to B. hamorii. B. hamorii was first described, years later, in 1997 by Marc Tesmoingt, Frédéric Cleton, and Jean Verdez. In 2017, J. Mendoza and O. Francke used DNA barcoding to clarify the distinction between the two species. They found that the two species have different DNA barcodes and can be distinguished by other morphological features. Here are some of those visible morphological differences, to help us hobbyists tell the difference. On the left is Brachypelma hamorii. On the right, Brachypelma smithi. In the first picture, you can see the front of the tarantulas showing the leg pattern differences. On B. hamorii, there is only red on the “knee segment” (patella). The rest of the segments are cream colored. On B smithi, the red/orange can be seen on each of the lighter colored bands. The second picture shows the top (carapace) of the tarantulas' central body segment. On B hamorii, the carapace is dark, with a red ring along the outermost edge. On B smithi we see that the majority of the carapace is red with a dark triangle over the eye mound. The third picture shows the sides of the patellas of the number one (first towards the front) leg pairs. On B hamorii, the color is only on the top of the patella. It has black on the sides and bottom of that leg segment. On B smithi, the color is completely across the sides of their patellas, with no black visible from the side or above. Hopefully this can help you differentiate between two awesome and popular Tarantulas!

10/27/2024

Enjoy this adorable video of a Phyllobates dart frog tadpole munching on a piece of our dart frog food. How many of you raise frogs from tadpoles?

10/27/2024

Our Dischidia 'Millon Hearts'plants have such delicate, little bell-shaped blooms! 🤍
(Credit to Jamey T., JF Horticulturist)

10/26/2024

13% off all tarantulas for our 13 Days of Horror is quite fitting, don't you think? Some research suggests that arachnophobia is an ancestral survival technique, but have no fear, there are ZERO reported human deaths from a tarantula bite. So did we sell you on one yet? Check out the wide variety available on our website before the deals crawl away!