Alaskan Frogs Best left in the great outdoors. Wood frog, (Rana Sylvatica). This species inhabits the forests and tundra of Alaska, and Canada, and the northeastern United States. This is not the only frog that lives in Alaska. Although I have not seen them, I found out there are tree frogs and salamanders. You can find them in the marshy areas, around ponds, lakes and even in your own yard as well as in the woods. They are quite active little guys. While mowing grass this summer, I have found a full grown and several tiny frogs. One only had 3 legs. Now being a person who still loves critters, I called and checked with one of the pet places as to what to feed and how to care for them. I got myself all set up and placed them in there new home. They seem to love it and have settled in. It has been over a month now and they are still active and fat. Now I could not let them get lonely, so I have added some tree frogs, which are doing great, they use the upper part of the tank and the other ones keep to the bottom of the tank. They all get along well, and sing from time to time. This gets my dog all worked up as to what is making all the noise. hehe Now the care as is talked about on other pages is the same. You must keep the tank clean, and change the water everyday. I use a overhead light just for them which gives them what they would get from the sun. I also have a small heat rock in the bottom, so if and when they feel the need to get warmer, they can. There water bowl is not so deep that they cannot get out. They will drown if they can not touch bottom and or get out of the water when they want. They don't swim that well and will get tired and "that is it". I have powered calcium which is sprinkled on the crickets before they are given to the frogs, as well as lots of vitamins. The crickets also are feed well on a lot of different things. You must keep them healthy also. UPDATE: Later on that fall. I lost all of the Alaska Frogs. I was not aware that they have to have a hibernation spell like in the wild of nature. So what happened is they stopped eating and died some time later. They stop eating because in nature it is time for them to "hibernate" under ground. They store their body with what they need to make it over the winter. Without this hibernation time they need, they will not eat and they use up the fat stored on their body until it is gone and they die. This is a sad end to a friend so I must say to all of you out there that read this page, please don't try to keep any wild frog as a pet, if you must have a frog as I still do, go to a pet store and get one. At least they will eat all year long and live for you. All my other frogs are doing fine. They do not need a hibernation period as the Alaskan Frog does. EMAIL DO NOT COPY