New guy here...long time lurker, but this thread made me want to post something. I have been interested in obtaining a breeding pair of these giants for a long time. Haven't done it based on lack of free time and not much space in my current frog/aquarium room.
However, before I cam across this thread and the subsequent thread about smashtoad's sick frogs, I cam across a site about Chile's rare frogs and breeding programs to save them. One of the threats they site is a fungal infection carried by African Clawed frogs. Normally I wouldn't think much of it, however, if you purchased WC frogs from a dealer who obviously isn't concerned with anything but money- he may have inherently exposed them to this ACF fungus, or all kinds of diseases imagining his terrible husbandry.
It's really sad that smashtoads 3 frogs died, a good necropsy would have been informative- and could have saved future frogs from the same fate.
I really hope that anyone else who keeps these cool frogs informs the rest of the community on their husbandry and care. A captive breeding program would be beneficial to hobbyist as well as the threatened frogs!![]()