Croaking/calling female?

[Glenn]

There was a recent-ish thread around about someone who wanted to know if their frog was male or female. It was concluded female. Then, he heard it call and was able to get a recording of it by recording all night. It definitely was a call of some sort but very different from the male's croak.
I tried looking for it, but I can't find the thread anymore. Hopefully someone will and be able to find it.

[SCF]

There was a recent-ish thread around about someone who wanted to know if their frog was male or female. It was concluded female. Then, he heard it call and was able to get a recording of it by recording all night. It definitely was a call of some sort but very different from the male's croak.
I tried looking for it, but I can't find the thread anymore. Hopefully someone will and be able to find it.

I remember that thread.

To Pyxiefan: What you are hearing is a female vocalizing. It can really throw a keeper a loop when trying to determine sex at a earlier age, and can give a false positive of a male. It has not be proven or backed by any data why they make these croaks/noise/grunt (of sorts). I would like to believe they are voicing their approval of your husbandry by making this noise of "happiness." I personally have witnessed this sound as well, which typically happens after a substrate change.

Edit: I do realize yours is a adult.

[Pyxiefan001]

I remember that thread.

To Pyxiefan: What you are hearing is a female vocalizing. It can really throw a keeper a loop when trying to determine sex at a earlier age, and can give a false positive of a male. It has not be proven or backed by any data why they make these croaks/noise/grunt (of sorts). I would like to believe they are voicing their approval of your husbandry by making this noise of "happiness." I personally have witnessed this sound as well, which typically happens after a substrate change.

Edit: I do realize yours is a adult.

Aha! That's that mystery solved. You're right. I'm usually so accustomed to her just sitting around like a green rock in a divot in the substrate, or in her water basin, waiting to be fed all the time, that on the (very) odd occasion she speaks up it throws me in a loop lol.

TO GRIF: here's some recent pictures (my avatar as you can see). Never thought to get a picture of the underside. The second pic is the best I have of the throat at the mo.

[GRABibus]

It's a female for sure.

[Pheathers]

I posted once about my female calling. I got shot down because someone swore up and down that females can't make noise at all. But whatever, mine is a female and it makes noises once in a great while, and she's not the only one I see!

[Eridu Serpent]

I am SO happy to read this thread, my female has been croaking too...like the sound a young male makes.
I have Goober & Pickle...he makes deep grunty croaks, Pickle makes the odd small croak while sitting in the water.

[GrifTheGreat]

Aha! That's that mystery solved. You're right. I'm usually so accustomed to her just sitting around like a green rock in a divot in the substrate, or in her water basin, waiting to be fed all the time, that on the (very) odd occasion she speaks up it throws me in a loop lol.

TO GRIF: here's some recent pictures (my avatar as you can see). Never thought to get a picture of the underside. The second pic is the best I have of the throat at the mo.

Can't see well enough, but if didn't know any better that all yellow throat makes me think you have a male Pyxicephalus mozambiqus, but I can't recall ever seeing baby pictures of one and if you bought this frog as an adult then we didn't.

Looks good though.

[Pyxiefan001]

Can't see well enough, but if didn't know any better that all yellow throat makes me think you have a male Pyxicephalus mozambiqus, but I can't recall ever seeing baby pictures of one and if you bought this frog as an adult then we didn't.

Looks good though.

Never even heard of the species. Is this pic any better? It's from back when I first got her/it. If this still doesn't help I'll try for a throat shot the next time I take her out for feeding. Thanks.



I originally bought her from an anonymous dealer on another forum called Arachnopets (formerly Arachnoboards), a predominately spider forum. Long forgot his/her name, though he/she/it did mention that he/she was keeping her in a cage with a larger frog of the same species, possibly a male specimen, and was peddling them as P. adspersus. . .or did he just say "Pixie frog?" No telling anymore.

Anyway if this frog was in fact a male, wouldn't I have been hearing calls much more frequently?

[GrifTheGreat]

Never even heard of the species. Is this pic any better? It's from back when I first got her/it. If this still doesn't help I'll try for a throat shot the next time I take her out for feeding. Thanks.



I originally bought her from an anonymous dealer on another forum called Arachnopets (formerly Arachnoboards), a predominately spider forum. Long forgot his/her name, though he/she/it did mention that he/she was keeping her in a cage with a larger frog of the same species, possibly a male specimen, and was peddling them as P. adspersus. . .or did he just say "Pixie frog?" No telling anymore.

Anyway if this frog was in fact a male, wouldn't I have been hearing calls much more frequently?

Its a female.