Help with sexing. (Photo Included)

[africanbull]

Hi Guys,

First post. I am looking for helping sexing my 9ish month old. Sometimes it catches prey and makes an aggressive croak with food still in its mouth. Other than that, very relaxed and burrows a lot. Its tank right now is fairly small and feel its about time to increase. Does having a larger tank (half land half water) promote the best growth? I feed weekly, but not daily. I do not want to make the frog obese but do not want to stunt its growth. Open to insight!

Thanks
pete

[africanbull]

thoughts?

[Daniel L]

Its 100% male and a true P. Edulis. Verry cool frog

[ejh805]

Looks awfully small for a 9 month old... Did you only feed once a week when s/he was a baby as well? Because babies need to eat every day. Once a week seems like it would cause stunted growth.

You should post some pictures from the side and from above and more people will be able to give educated guesses.

Also- is s/he a dwarf or giant? How long is s/he SVL?

[africanbull]

About my palm. I purchased it when it was about the size of half my thumb. I fed daily up until it showed heavy interest in rodents. Now I feed a rodent once a month (hopper) and every week I feed a assortment of worms/crickets/dubia-roaches/superworms. I let it eat as much as it wants in a 5 min period. Typically can be 10-20 insects.

Here are some photos taken a few months ago when it was in a different enclosure.

[africanbull]

This photo was taken a few days ago.

[ejh805]

I agree with Daniel. Looks like a male to me

[Lija]

agree with Daniel too! very pretty frog!

[africanbull]

Thank you. Do you believe "he" is small for 9 months? He was so small when I got it. Is he the type to grow large?

[FLUXCORE]

My male is 8 months old, picked him up at the end of oct and was told he was 3 months old he was about 3-4" when I got him and in 5 months he was 6.5" last time I checked

[africanbull]

He looks great. Yeah, when I bought mine he was maybe 1.5/2 inches max. Just a small frog with a big head lol All he wanted to do was eat. I may try to increase the food. Im trying to colonize dubia roaches now. Hopefully they will be a plus. But should I increase the rodent feeding? I only do it about 1x month now.

[ejh805]

1X a month is perfect for rodent-feeding schedule.
And your boy probably won't get as large as the other pixies here. He looks to be a dwarf frog, which is a subspecies from Tanzania (please someone correct me if I'm off! lol). He wont get as big, but his lovely pattern will stick around for life

[GrifTheGreat]

Nice male Edulis. Keep in mind that every frog is different and some do not reach their full potential. Average size for Edulis is 5" to 6".

[africanbull]

Well for the record, I purchased him a year ago from Backwater. I read alot of negative things about them. As of today, "sam" told me by E-mail he is a P. Adspersus. And that he is large for 9 months, surprisingly large. And that I should keep doing whatever I am doing because he looks great and will continue to grow. Is that true or BS? I know he looks good, but Im talking about growth. This is also coming from a company that has no phone number, which I find very unprofessional.

[ejh805]

Sounds like complete BS to me. A male adspersus of your frogs age would be MUCH larger.

[DeeDub]

That is a cart load of horse$hit. Mine is 10 months and 7 inches. I agree that either this is a dwarf or has been stunted.

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DW

[ejh805]

That is a cart load of horse$hit. Mine is 10 months and 7 inches. I agree that either this is a dwarf or has been stunted.

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DW

Agreed 100%! It's a definitely an edulis. "Sam" is lying through his teeth.

[FLUXCORE]

The second pics look like a dwarf to me and with that story sounds like u been had happend to me with my first pixie.

[KrTreefrog2]

Well for the record, I purchased him a year ago from Backwater. I read alot of negative things about them. As of today, "sam" told me by E-mail he is a P. Adspersus. And that he is large for 9 months, surprisingly large. And that I should keep doing whatever I am doing because he looks great and will continue to grow. Is that true or BS? I know he looks good, but Im talking about growth. This is also coming from a company that has no phone number, which I find very unprofessional.

I ordered my first Pixie about a year ago from BackwaterReptiles, and I got ripped off as well. I e-mailed Sam and told him it was the dwarf species he'd sent me, even sent several pics and links of giant vs. dwarf to show it was truly a dwarf. He gave me a major line of BS, too, saying it was 100% adspersus like it said on the website. He said it was wild caught (not mentioned on the site either) from Mozambique. He refused a refund or to take the frog back. This guy is a drop shipper who doesn't know a thing about what he actually sells. The frog I ordered was a male giant, and what arrived was a female dwarf that only grew to just under 4" in total. At least yours is male, so it will get a bit bigger than mine did. But still, it can be disappointing to have your heart and wallet set on one thing and you end up getting another.

[CJ PELCHER]

That is a cart load of horse$hit. Mine is 10 months and 7 inches. I agree that either this is a dwarf or has been stunted.

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DW

HAHAHAH thanks for the entertainment... i love fellow herp lovers..... so deffensive ahahaahhah