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    Quote Originally Posted by Soli View Post
    If I am correct I think it is nearly impossible to obtain "true" tomato frogs, because they are on the CITES Endangered Species list. So you wouldn't have to worry about being scammed because no one really sells them anyway. True tomato frogs are Dyscophus antongilii and false tomato frogs are Dyscophus guineti. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but they are both species of tomato frogs, so the false tomato frog isn't really "false"?

    Here's a "true" tomato frog: http://www.birdquest-tours.com/galle...4005324320.jpg

    Here's a "false" tomato frog:
    http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.14037...x550,075,f.jpg
    I belive you are correct but there is more then one subspecies of tomato frogs availibe for sale.

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    Quote Originally Posted by poison View Post
    I belive you are correct but there is more then one subspecies of tomato frogs availibe for sale.
    Dyscophus guineti is the most common, right? And then I heard there's also Dyscophus insularis, which is less common in the trade because it's more of a brown color, but that's all I know of.

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