When an ornata happens to be attached to your thumb, it is too easy to send it flying across the room. As frogs aren't meant to fly, this is not usually good for the frog. If you do get nabbed, stop your jerking reaction. Choosing a Frog Look for an alert frog with clear skin. Look at the environment in which it is being kept.
Many pet stores keep their ornates in an completely aquatic tank - just water and gravel.
If this is the case, the water must be clean - no debris or feces floating around. An apathetic frog is probably a sick frog. Enclosure Unless you have several spare tanks around, start off with the size tank you will need when your ornate is full grown - about a 10 gallon tank. It doesn't have to have a cover as ornata's are not jumping frogs - they will not be able to escape. However, you do have to keep them warm, and heat will escape more easily from an uncovered tank.