My new albino fantasy horned frog

[frogmadmeg]

Hello
today I got a new horned frog......an albino fantasy horned frog I think it's a boy by the shape of his nose
he is about 4cm long and very cute
can also somebody tell me the scientific name as I can't find it and how big they grow?
here he is

thanks meg

[frogmadmeg]

Also is it the same as an Argentina horned frog?

[Lija]

that is absolutely adorable C. Cranwelli! who is sitting on moss that you need to take out before he ate it and got impacted

[frogmadmeg]

that is absolutely adorable C. Cranwelli! who is sitting on moss that you need to take out before he ate it and got impacted

oh, he or she was sold to me as fantasy horned frog or is that just another name as their isn't much info on the basic needs of this specific kind so I asomed it was all the same basic care and feeding just diff temps and size which I have found oout yes I have removed the moss
he or she is sooo small and I've never had a horned frog at the size

thanks frogmadmeg

[frogmadmeg]

Also I hadn't put him in his new tank yet that was the container I brought him in

[Lija]

fantasy is a hybrid, mostly it is a cross between cornuta and cranwelli, they look like cornuta but not quite. yours is cranwelli. same care requirements as ornata that you have based on signature

[frogmadmeg]

fantasy is a hybrid, mostly it is a cross between cornuta and cranwelli, they look like cornuta but not quite. yours is cranwelli. same care requirements as ornata that you have based on signature

thats quite confusing so the mum and dad of mine would have been a cornuta and cranwelli? And that made a albino fantasy?
Frogmadmeg

[Deac77]

Here is a pic if my Fantasy frog they hybrid between cranwelli and a cornuta

[frogmadmeg]

Oh okay but can I just ask how can u tell that my frog isn't a fantasy? Thanks frogmadmeg

[Lija]

Oh okay but can I just ask how can u tell that my frog isn't a fantasy? Thanks frogmadmeg

because it is albino for one

I'm just wondering.... when labels are wrong it is less expensive frog being mislabeled as more expensive, it is so common that I'm starting to think if it is really because they don't know the difference.....

Heather, the more pics the better, please post when you can

[frogmadmeg]

I only got it for £26 and that's quite cheap here as everywhere else I'm looking there like £50 and over so I brought that little guy while he was still a young cheap frogand she or he soo cute
she starts off yellowish and then up above her bottom she's getting greenish with little stripy legs
the pic was in the pot I brought the frog in

[Lija]

fantasy usually are more expensive

yours is absolutely adorable that is true

[Deac77]

Oh okay but can I just ask how can u tell that my frog isn't a fantasy? Thanks frogmadmeg

Yours has no cornuta traits its just a regular cranwillie

[frogmadmeg]

Yours has no cornuta traits its just a regular cranwillie

but how can you see that

[Deac77]

but how can you see that

You put pics...

Yours has small to no horns it's got a pointier nose

Mine has a round mouth and horns on the eyes mine looks like a CORNUTA

[Deac77]

C. cranwellie


C. cornuta

[frogmadmeg]

Oh I see now
here's peaches that's her/his name haha
Sorry that the pics quite bad
frogmadmeg

[DVirginiana]

I may be wrong, but there aren't any albino fantasies are there? Don't remember where I heard that...

lol. Yeah, pet stores never sell them as the correct species. My cranwelli was sold as an ornate.

[frogmadmeg]

I may be wrong, but there aren't any albino fantasies are there? Don't remember where I heard that...

lol. Yeah, pet stores never sell them as the correct species. My cranwelli was sold as an ornate.

Tbh I'm not sure i just went by what I brought it as haha

[Heatheranne]

Very cute frog you have there . S/he is definitely a cranwelli. A very nice one.

It's true, pet stores very often mislabel them, sometimes to our advantage. Fantasy frogs are a mix of a cornuta and a cranwelli, as mentioned. They are neat frogs too. They are, however, sterile and cannot produce viable offspring. The females coloring tend to fade some. I have two fantasies, a male and a female. They have higher peaked horns and the common pattern on their backs.

I'll take some pictures if you'd like, but they are currently happily sleeping under their substrate .