NEW African Bullfrog

Congrats-looks like a very healthy frog. Even though I have three of these guys myself, I am not all that confident on sexing them. It does have quite a bit of yellow on the throat, which would indicate male. So....tentative guess only! Hopefully someone else can confirm for you. Hope to see many more pics of (him). Do you have a name picked out yet?

Thanks for the feedback! I will be sure to keep taking photos, I have not picked a name yet. I just can't seem to think of anything original yet...lol

That's a Dwarf Pyxie. It's hard to tell but I'm going to say female.

John, how can you tell it's a Dwarf? And dang it, a girl?!?! I give up!! Lol

John:

I'm confused as well John. How do you tell the difference between a dwarf (edulis) and a giant (adspersus) ? Kong my AB I thought for sure is an edulis, yet looks nothing like the pics above, he has the brown spots and not the solid green back. Is a Lowveld AB the same as Dwarf AB ?

I think we need an online lesson !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The all-over yellow is a good indicator. The head shape in dwarfs is pointier/more streamlined and just the general look of the frog.

Originally Posted by googie

John:

I'm confused as well John. How do you tell the difference between a dwarf (edulis) and a giant (adspersus) ? Kong my AB I thought for sure is an edulis, yet looks nothing like the pics above, he has the brown spots and not the solid green back. Is a Lowveld AB the same as Dwarf AB ?

I think we need an online lesson !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The problem is that there are a bunch of species/subspecies yet to be described by science within the genus Pyxicephalus. We've been lumping anything that isn't a "Giant" into the Dwarf category, so what people view as dwarfs can be very variable. The classic Dwarf is the Lowveld African Bullfrog and that's what's in this photo.

LOL, you are all very confused. I have had two Dwarf pixie frogs before, the color patterns and the head shape are a good indication, But this frog is lacking dwarf color patterns, So I can assure you all by that, and by the size of this frog ( although it doesn't look like 5 inches in the photos) is not a Dwarf. The place I got it from assured me that it was a male because the venders they buy from like to keep the females and use them to produce more. So once again, this is not a dwarf of any form, I am just not POSITIVE it's a male. Thanks for all the feed back everyone.

This frog is classified into the dwarf pixie frog category. The reason yours doesn't have the "dwarf" pattern is because it is older. The yellow coloring and the lack of orange in the armpits indicate this isn't an African Bullfrog.

Wow-honestly, I am so confused on this topic. I was told in another thread that there is no such thing as a "dwarf" Pyxie.

OMG you people don't listen do you...I have HAD Dwarf pixies before I KNOW what they look like and how big they get. This is NOT a dwarf. God...you know what just forget it....

Iam confused, you're confused, we're all confused. Lets put this massive confussion aside and move on to the fact:
ITS ADORABLE! Looks like a little brown dumpling.

Originally Posted by Jace

Wow-honestly, I am so confused on this topic. I was told in another thread that there is no such thing as a "dwarf" Pyxie.

Well there isn't really one specific "dwarf" pixie frog, there are just sub species that are classified as "dwarf" pixies because they are closely related, but don't get quite as large as the AB. The one in this post actually looks to me like a cross between an AB and a "dwarf".

To be absolutely scientifically correct, the one you've got is a Lowveld African Bullfrog, Pyxicephalus edulis. It looks exactly like those found in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Others, like the one in the following photo, are not Pyxicephalus adspersus either, but we lump them into the "Dwarf" category because they don't get above 5 inches or so and the Taxonomy scientists haven't gotten around to the Pyxicephalus genus yet.

allstarpsych is your frog a WC? A few people have recently received WC pyxies that resembles both giant and dwarf species like yours.


Hard to tell but picture #3 look like a male to me.

Originally Posted by John

To be absolutely scientifically correct, the one you've got is a Lowveld African Bullfrog, Pyxicephalus edulis. It looks exactly like those found in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Others, like the one in the following photo, are not Pyxicephalus adspersus either, but we lump them into the "Dwarf" category because they don't get above 5 inches or so and the Taxonomy scientists haven't gotten around to the Pyxicephalus genus yet.

How common are these frogs in the pet trade? I would love to try and track down one like in your photo, but it's hard to come across any type of Bullfrog in my area.

Wow I am now confused. Under closer inspection I have come to realize that this is probally not a real giant african bullfrog. But he/she is 5 inches, and If it does not grow at all from this point than I was definatly lied to for a third time from yet another online supplier.

Everyone, Sorry for freaking out before. I am honestly dissapointed...

OH, I got my first Dwarf from The Reptile Depot online, they claimed it was a giant. I got my second one from General Exotics online, once again they claimed it was a giant, it was not. In fact the first two looked exactaly alike, thats why when I got this onen from Big Apple Herp online, and it looked so different from the previous two, I thought for sure I had what I wanted...But yet agian failure.

There are a bunch of vendors right now (including the ones you list) selling so-called Giants on kingsnake right now, but all the photos that I've seen are not giants I'm afraid.