Fat little cuties

[emandkel]

My approximately 3-month old pyxies -- both about 3" STV. I know, they are probably too young to tell, and I should take more pictures of different views, but any guesses on gender on either one? First pic is through the glass; the other pic was taken from the top.

[SCF]

I was going to guess at both being male due to the head width, but 3" at 3 months is on the smaller side for males. It looks like a toss up for the time being.

[emandkel]

For what it is worth, the staple diet for their few weeks here were crickets. They didn't start eating worms well for at least probably 3 weeks. They've really grown since I started feeding them worms. I *think* I may have heard some croaking, but not sure (heard something, could have just been noise from deflating). They were supposed to go to a friend in January, but her plans changed and she couldn't make it here. So they are officially mine.

[KrTreefrog2]

Pretty Dwarfs. It looks like a male on the right/bottom. The one on the left/top has a narrower head and is a bit smaller, so I'm thinking female.

[emandkel]

Pretty Dwarfs. It looks like a male on the right/bottom. The one on the left/top has a narrower head and is a bit smaller, so I'm thinking female.

Dwarfs? These were purchased as giants. From everything I've seen they are giants -- are they dwarfs or giants? Below are pictures of the two soon after I got them.

[KrTreefrog2]

Now that's odd... They had the three green stripes as froglets like the giants and horizontal eye bars, but they have white tympanum markings, tan lines on the back, and light vertical stripes from the eyes to the mouth like a dwarf. Are your frogs from Mozambique by chance? There's a subspecies of Pyxie frogs that's almost a hybrid of the giant and dwarf species, with characteristics of both. There's a great post on here that shows the physical differences between the giants and dwarves.

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http://www.frogforum.net/african-bul...-p-edulis.html

[emandkel]

These are supposedly captive bred babies, purchased from General Exotics. The one on the left/top is slightly smaller and does have the light vertical stripes from the eyes to the mouth and a bit different markings and darker/brighter; however, I don't see the lines on the other one. The eyes look more like the giant species.

[KrTreefrog2]

You might be interested in some posts by Daniel L. He owns several of the hybrid subspecies called P. Mozambicus. Last year I got one myself from a website claiming it was an adspersus and Daniel helped me identify it. I posted some pics of her here: http://www.frogforum.net/african-bul...-p-edulis.html

Here are some links to Daniel L's frogs:
http://www.frogforum.net/african-bul...-p-edulis.html
http://www.frogforum.net/african-bul...us-edulis.html

There seems to be a lot of confusion around the African bullfrogs in general. Between mislabeling in pet stores and websites, wild captures being imported from many different regions, and the many uncategorized subspecies of Pyxicephalus, it's hard to tell sometimes what you actually have.