Horned frog/pacman frog pics thread

[Arachnophilist]

Here are some pics.

C.ornata

Just came out of the dirt.. and tried to eat my fingers twice as soon as I reached in the cage

one eyed frog.

nice look at the skin pattern and coloration.

time for some food I think this means it wants to eat and I should stop taking pictures

C.cranwelli

Both the frogs are males.

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

Very nice frog you have there! my ornata surfaced today and tried to eat my fingers several times and then was hanging of my camera cord when I took its pic lol. I will post soon with photos.

Thanks! I'm pretty fond of him. (Her?) Though to be honest, when I see the colouration of non-albinos like yours, I sometimes wish mine was a normal colour.
I had no choice in the matter, though. Mine was given to me after my nephew bought him and then decided he did not want an eating machine. He brought the frog here after buying it and asked me to get it established. After a few weeks, he decided to leave it here permanently and assigned permanent custody to me.

Edit: I forgot to add a picture I took last night. I like it better, it's not as blurry and over-exposed. He had just hopped out of the water a short while beforehand, so I had to change his dish and I thought I might as well take another snapshot since I had to disturb him anyway.

 

[Arachnophilist]

if you want to sex ity check for nuptial pads on the thumbs of your frog. I too forgot to post a pic last night. I will add it to this post it was the best one too!

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

I figured the pads would be easier to see after it go bigger, so I haven't bothered to check it out yet.

Is that your camera cord that yours is eating? At first I thought it was the tail of somw kind of lizard sticking out of it's mouth, but then I recalled you mentioning that he had grabbed the cord. Those things are fearless, aren't they?

 

[P. Novak]

Here is my little guy..

Ceratophrys cranwelli "Otis" 0.0.1

Nov '06 he was 3 times smaller then what he is now.

 

[Arachnophilist]

wow that is a little guy!!!

 

[P. Novak]

wow that is a little guy!!!

Yup , and he was EVEN smaller when I first had him. His head was bigger then his body and actually looked like the pacman from the game lol. Now its vise versa.

I need more pacman frogs, they are the best!

 

[Arachnophilist]

they are quite awesome.. I remember the first one I got I was about 8 years old and it was soooo teeny like it came out of the water that day lol and it looked like a little bulldog the way it strutted around with its big head.

 

[P. Novak]

they are quite awesome.. I remember the first one I got I was about 8 years old and it was soooo teeny like it came out of the water that day lol and it looked like a little bulldog the way it strutted around with its big head.

Haha, calling it a bulldog nails it! I'm surprised the little pacmen can hold up their heads!

How big is your biggest pacman, philist? How long did it take?

 

[Arachnophilist]

well my largest one is the darker brownish cranwelli and it is about the size of a large mandarin orange.. I have had it since last summer.. and its a male so it is not gonna get too big anyways. I can try and post a pic of it in my hand for reference if you like.

 

[P. Novak]

well my largest one is the darker brownish cranwelli and it is about the size of a large mandarin orange.. I have had it since last summer.. and its a male so it is not gonna get too big anyways. I can try and post a pic of it in my hand for reference if you like.

Of course! So females get larger in Pacman frogs?

 

[Arachnophilist]

Yes they get a fair bit bigger than the boys apparently.. so unfortunately so far all I have are males lol though thats a good thing with my Pyxie.

 

[P. Novak]

Yes they get a fair bit bigger than the boys apparently.. so unfortunately so far all I have are males lol though thats a good thing with my Pyxie.

Yeah, cause male Pyxies get HUGE!

AT what size can you start to sex pacmans?

 

[Arachnophilist]

well I have some that are under 2" vent to snout that I can clearly see nuptial pads on.. so I would just check the front feet and see whats up.

 

[CopperInMyVeins]

Joining the Horned Frog Club.

I got this little one this morning, about 2" in length. I got it at Petco, and they were marked as C. ornata, just based on pictures I've seen it looks more like C. cranwelli to me. However I'm just going on markings and overall look, not sure what the actual defining characters are for each. Funny thing, Petco's care sheet recommends a tank size of 20 gallons plus for "Adult males". I guess no one told them the females are the bigger ones. Fed one roach so far, not as quick a feeding response as my Pyxie, seems more nervous, but the actual strike was really fast.

 

[LeilaNami]

Some information on the caresheets Petco provides are crap...sometimes it's all crap (like the scorpion). I make it a personal goal to cross out every lie on those care sheets before I give them away

 

[nichts]

Hey my 2 frogs

 

[nickbachman]

Hey my 2 frogs


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hey those are adorable little pacmen! you should check out the Fat Frogs forum that we just started up, dedicated specifically to pacmen, pyxies, and the like! we need some members, we just started up. go check it out!

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[Tim Benzedrine]

Well, my frog started vocalizing, so I guess it's a boy. It's a higher-pitched call than I was expecting, to tell the truth. Kind of reminds me of a goose honk or something like that. Not nearly as loud, of course.

I kind of hoped for a female for the extra size, but I guess he'll get big enough.

 

[Herp13]

Here's mine

-Eric