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    I maybe wrong, but I think your frog is a dwarf. Your frog seems to have two distinguishing traits of a dwarf: one is the white spot inside the tympanum (eardrum); the other is a pale interorbital bar connecting the two eyes and running perpendicular to the vertebral stripe. The problem is that I cannot tell if the tympanum spot is actually white or just a reflection of light. If you can take a look at it under low light, you can see much better. Giants will not have a white spot and lack the interorbital bar.

    The African bullfrog family is in a state of flux right now, with the resurrection of a fourth species. Don't be too disappointed, dwarfs are cool too

    What is also confusing is the popular name. In African frog field guides, the dwarf is known as the African Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis) and the giant is known as the Giant Bullfrog (P. adspersus).
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