Sounds: Pyxicephalus Adspersus

[GrifTheGreat]

Hi all, this is my first post.
I have been reading posts here for ages, but did not join because I had no questions, everything I needed to know was here

Anyway today I have a question and you all seem the best people to ask...so if you would kindly do what you do best:

3 weeks ago I got a 4mth old Pyxicephalus Adspersus, he/she was about 2inches when I received it...whom I named Goober.
Anyway the third night I heard a "Merrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!! " sound, I was half asleep so I was not sure it was my frog or my dog Ms BB farting
Then it happened again in the night and I was fairly sure it was the frog...then yesterday it did it early evening.

It has already doubled in size, eats like a horse, I feed it for 15 mins a day...in that time it eats: 6 earth worms, 6 crickets and heaps of meal worms.
Sorry I have no photos because I have no mobile phone or digital camera, only a built in webcam on my laptop. I tried to get a shot but he/she sods off before I get a photo.

My question is:
Do the females make the "Merrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" sound...
Is this the croak noise people speak of, or is it an actual "Croak" sound that they make?

It makes one sound, not several in a row.


Many thanks and A Merry Christmas

Sounds like you have a boy. Does it sound like you have a cow in the tank? Lol!! They kind of sound like a cow when they call.

[Eridu Serpent]

A very little cow
it is a "Merrrrrrrrr" sound...not an actual croak.
I listened to a sound wav. on the internet and it sounded deeper, but I suppose they could have recorded larger ones.
Do girls make noise at all? Goober is my first frog
We have Natterjack Toads (Bufo calamita) and European Green toads (Bufo viridis), if you pick the boys up and lay them on their backs they make a noise, the girls don´t.
I used t keep Cane Toads as well, they did the same.
I was not sure if frogs did the same though.

[GrifTheGreat]

A very little cow
it is a "Merrrrrrrrr" sound...not an actual croak.
I listened to a sound wav. on the internet and it sounded deeper, but I suppose they could have recorded larger ones.
Do girls make noise at all? Goober is my first frog
We have Natterjack Toads (Bufo calamita) and European Green toads (Bufo viridis), if you pick the boys up and lay them on their backs they make a noise, the girls don´t.
I used t keep Cane Toads as well, they did the same.
I was not sure if frogs did the same though.

I'm sure there are sounds that the female produces. Probably like a growl or perhaps a call that is responding to a male's call, but not the same as a croak. Im certain the sound you are hearing is a male call. Smaller frog = higher pitch.

[Eridu Serpent]

This is the best quality photo I can get of Goober, my webcam is not very good.
He is 4 1/2 mths old now, I got him on 12th December, he was 2 inches now he is just over 4 inches...so he is growing nicely.
The nice thing about him is he seems friendly

[GrifTheGreat]

This is the best quality photo I can get of Goober, my webcam is not very good.
He is 4 1/2 mths old now, I got him on 12th December, he was 2 inches now he is just over 4 inches...so he is growing nicely.
The nice thing about him is he seems friendly

They all do have varying personalities. All of my Ceratophrys are docile. Even my largest female of 5" is a big baby.

[DeeDub]

Not able to sex it with that pic. No worries....I had the exact question a few months ago. Never did figure it out. I did have three pyxies though and one was a for sure male from the beginning. You prob. have a male. Itll be interesting to see how it turns out. Thanks for sharing!!

[habeeb]

when my male was almost 3 inchs i heard that merrr sound and it will get lower as it gets bigger...its a lot lower now..he is about 5 1/2 inches now and calls every here and there...sounds like someones stomach growling lol