Frog Pictures.

[Arachnophilist]

no yellow on its throat yet. I know I found it quite hard to believe.. but my Horned frog has never made a sound. ad the pyxie is always in a position where it looks like it has been craking whereas my horned frog is buried in.. and I would simply expect more of a csound from my horned frog.. it is much much larger than my pyxie.. the pyxie is still snack size to my C.c.

 

[nickbachman]

horned frogs' croaks sound sort of like a wet finger on a balloon. they're not very loud, but they're pretty high pitched and wimpy.

 

[Arachnophilist]

yeah this has a bark to it.. and some authority. you know the look a frog has when you catch it croaking? well my little Pyxie has that look everytime.. and it has so much attitude I wouldnt be surprised if it was announcing its presence.. how big is your pyxie and how long have you had it? and what kinds of Ceratophrines to you have?

 

[nickbachman]

got the pyxie in june.

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[Arachnophilist]

great vids.. I have watched them before on youtube.. I like your horned frogs.. they are much larger than mine. how big was your pyxie when you got it?

 

[nickbachman]

that's a quarter

 

[Arachnophilist]

OMG! alright well it looks like I will have a beast on my hands in no time at all! thats great I look forward to that

 

[Ant Worker]

My african clawed frog, got her a few months ago. Trying to get her to her max size quickly. More food than normal, she's taken 11 good sized feeder guppies and a bunch of floating turtle pellets in 2 days. few days before that she ate a good sized cory catfish that died in my 10g..

I also have 2 tadpoles from petco, they came in with goldfish and were given to me for free. One has back legs developing. I got a bullfrog and something else, dunno we'll see in a few weeks though!

 

[Arachnophilist]

how big is your clawed frog now?

 

[Ant Worker]

2.5 inches not including legs. From what I've read, they can be 5+ inches. I'm setting up a tank full of bluegill/sunfish in the spring and want to make sure she's a good size as to have the young fish growing up with a large frog around them (dont worry they will be 2-3 inches too big to be eaten)

 

[Arachnophilist]

Okay I got some new frogs today!

first I got an Ornate Horned Frog

and the second is a baby CB Tomato Frog (I put a second one on hold)

 

[Natemass]

awesome frogs i want a tomato froggg

 

[Arachnophilist]

Yeah!! they are awesome! I am going to set up a nice tank with ficus leaves for them to hide amongst.. they have beautiful juvenile coloration. I thought I would also post an udate shot of my pyxie.. that is the same stone that it was sitting on in an earlier photo. I only got my camera at christmas so we're lookin at less than 6 weeks growth.

 

[Pimperator]

Pyxicephalus adspersus

Ya buddy, your Pyxie is growing up quick. I'm so happy I finally got my Pyxie today.

 

[Lorgakor]

The tomato frog is pretty cute. How big do they get? I looked up some pics of adults, man they are red!

 

[eelnoob]

Just curious how you tell your pixie is a male? I don't see any yellow on it and isn't it alittle too small to properly sex?



Just curious cause I just got two.

 

[Arachnophilist]

well I had it in a water setup for a while and it was croaking. and it definately was not my Horned Frog.. thats how I knew it had to be male.. I didnt believe it was croaking at such a small size but I saw it doing it!!

 

[Arachnophilist]

some more pics I took tonight.

C.ornata

C.cranwelli

P.adspersus

and how I set up my little Tomato Frog so it feels secure (I used a cutting from my long leaved ficus tree and it seems happier now)

sorry for the crappy pic on the last one but I dont have a tripod and I need to use the flash

 

[Taceas]

Very cute frogs! I really like the colors of that Ornate Horned. I kept some native tree frogs last year during the summer months and really enjoyed their acrobatic antics. I released them when the seasons started to change.

Although I do have a quick question, I notice in several enclosures the use of moss. How in the world do you keep it from attracting fungus gnats or phorid flies?

I use it in my reptile egg incubation and it seems with every batch I get a new swarm of the little buggers and they are damn near impossible to eradicate without drying the moss out. Which when you have reptile eggs in there, you can't do that.

 

[Arachnophilist]

well I keep extra moss and I switch it out every few days or so and then wash all the old stuff in hot water and the squeeze it out and save it for the next switch. it seems to work. just have to make sure you stay on it.