WHY should a tree frog not be picked up?
Under no circumstances should these frogs be handled
Their skin secretions are strong nerve poisons, providing them with protection from predators and explaining their bright cautionary coloration.
Yet exotic lovers raise tree frogs in terrariums. So what about their venomous nature? The fact is that in most cases it is caused by their nutrition: in the nature they eat small ants and termites and accumulate their venom. In terrariums, deprived of their "poisonous nourishment", tree frogs become practically harmless after a while
