What do fire belly toads eat?

For one, unlike most amphibians, fire-bellied toads are active during the day. Their diurnal tendencies allow keepers to easily observe their behavior, which includes not only the typical frog fare of sitting around and waiting for food, but also aggressive strongholds by males while they grasp seemingly anything that moves, ... read more

In addition to crickets and mealworms, fire-belly toads can benefit from having other food available. You can add food sources to their water, such as guppies, and snails. As fire-belly toads are active animals, they can benefit from having live food sources in their aquarium. All food should be live. read more

Fire-bellied toads themselves do not require any sort of special lighting, but if you use plants, be sure to place at least two or more standard T8 fluorescent tubes over the aquarium. Lights with a natural color temperature of between 5000 and 65000 Kelvin look best. read more

Adult oriental fire-bellied toads eat a diet of three- to four-week-old commercially raised crickets. To gauge the right size prey, make sure the length of each cricket is no greater than the width of the frog’s head. Baby fire-bellied toads can be raised on fruit flies or pinhead to week-old crickets. read more