Quote Originally Posted by jfw60 View Post
I just got a what was sold to me as a male pixie Goliath from Backwater Reptiles and I'm hoping I didn't get stung with a dwarf wild caught as you did. How did you find out the back ground info on the frog? They said that the one I purchased was captive bred, I would b ticked to find out that it was wild caught. Cool looking frog though
I found out about the frog's background when I e-mailed BackwaterReptiles.com to tell them they'd sent the wrong frog. I spoke with Sam, he said mine came from a shipment that had just come in from Mozambique. I knew as soon as I saw the brown stripe down the back that it was wasn't a giant, but even after sending pictures, Sam wouldn't give me a refund or let me ship the frog back. He said he'd sold over 40 other frogs already and no one had known the difference. I paid $60 for it, and an additional $30 shipping. I had also specifically requested a male, but received a female. She was almost fully grown, too, since she's only grown a little over 1/2" in the year I've had her. Anyone who knew anything about these frogs could have looked at that shipment and known they weren't adspersus, but then again, Backwater Reptiles is a known drop shipper. I took a chance and I got burnt. I truly hope you didn't get burnt, too.