There are three different types of budgett's frogs. Do you know what type you have? Also how big is it?
No I dont know sorry,even the shop didnt know anything about him/her
Now I'm not 100%, but I believe males of all three species have darker throats.
There are THREE different types of Budgetts? Wow. I have NO idea which kind I have. Do you have any pictures of the different types? And how exactly is a Budgett's sexed? Mine never vocalizes, but i don't know if that means it's a girl or not.
Most likely it's a female. Sexually mature females can be twice as large as males reaching 100 mm (about 4 inches). Not sure of the species, but it looks very much like Lepidobatrachus laevis.
Sexually mature males possess a dark blue-black throat (Budgett 1899; Cei 1980)
Budgett, J. S. (1899). ''Notes on the batrachians of the Paraguayan chaco, with observations upon their breeding habits and development, especially with regard to Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis, Cope. Also a description of a new genus.'' The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 42(167), 305-333.
Cei, J. M. (1980). ''Amphibians of Argentina.'' Monitore Zoologica Italiano, New Series Monografia, Firenze, 2, 1-609.
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.”
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After doing some research on Budgett's frogs, I found some distinguishing features that determine which species you have.
Lepidobatrachus laevis: round pupils, smooth skin. a V-shaped vertebral ridge
L. llanensis: vertical pupils, vertebral ridge inconspicuous, back color brown or red, toad-like skin, bright orange spots around forelegs and hind legs
L. asper: rhomboid (square-like, oblique) pupils, back color grey or brown
And of course, there is the Freddie Krueger frog which is a man-made hybrid of L. laevis and L. llanensis.
I had no idea there are hybrid Budgett's! Amazing. I've only ever seen L. Laevis...
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