Here are some new pics of the male and female giant P. Edulis. I call them giants because he is 7,5 inch and she is almost 5 inch.
Get some blood work done on the male (I joke), there is no way that he is an edulis, he is a p. adspersus all the way. There is just no way
Ummm, the milkman was an adspersus. Just saying.
Yip that is 100% P.adspersus. Check out this link of what edulis looks like: SAReptiles • View topic - Kwa Zulu Natal
It's also a cool link of some indigenous South African herps.
I know you all think this is an P. Adspersus because of his size and his head shape. But look at al the details. He croak also a an Edulis.
Ya, I apologize. the new pictures have me questioning what I know about pixies. That is the biggest P. edulis male I have every seen in my life. How close are these species? Is there a chance it is a hybrid. that frog is just massive for a dwarf. Either way very very cool!
That boy is sooo awesome! Great frog you got there!
I am extremely intrigued that you have a p.edulis that has gotten that big. Makes me regret getting rid of mine. So who says males of this species only hit 5inch MAX? I've read it in so many places. Rubbish.
Love your male by the way!
Oh, also is there anyway we can get a vid? Possibly including some croacking?
Yes I know its confusing. I have seen only a couple of this specie around in the pet trade. I have heard this species is P. Mozambicus. But there is not much info. I go try to tape his call. Its sounds as a normal edulis a short Yap Yap but louder and reminds me a a dog basking. The got in amplex verry often but no eggs. The got in egg laying posistion when the female stands on her legs and the male is moving on her but nog eggs. To bad.
Amazing photos and frogs. I always love seeing pictures of this guy.
I like picture #2 in first set.
It is P. adspersus. The tympanum (ear drum) is at least two eye diameters from the eye itself and there is no white spot in the tympanum. Thanks for the link Buck
Terry Gampper
Nebraska Herpetological Society
“If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.”
--- Adrian Forsyth
Officially there are three species in the genus. Some claim that edulis is a subspecies of adspersus, others believe that they are separate species. At one time, edulis was known as P. adspersus angusticepts and P. a. edulis. Sounds confusing? There's more... recently, many species of frogs commonly known as "dwarf pyxies" have been moved into the genus Tomopterna. No matter what species, it is a good looking frog
Check out my related post: http://www.frogforum.net/african-bul...html#post91351
Ya this is surely not an Adspersus. You can tell even from the 1st pics. A dwarf of some sort. myabe not a true Edulis. But def not Aspersus. Awesome looking frog though, he is great!
Thanks, Malachi! I am beginning to think that these "other dwarfs" could be species in the genus Tomopterna (dwarf pyxies or sand frogs). There are 10 species in this genus. Even though these "dwarfs" look similar to edulis, they have a different genetic makeup. I also heard rumors that there could be a fourth species of Pyxicephalus but don't have any details. I would google Tomopterna images and see if your dwarf could be one of them. There are records in my older African amphibian field guides that have dwarf pyxies included in the genus Pyxicephalus.
Awesome frogs! Are those grass like plants in enclosure live (first set of pics)?
Remember to take care of the enclosure and it will take care of your frog !
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