sexing adf

[mamangenn]

i have 4 adg. one is over 1 year old and the other one a young i just bought them.

is there a way to know if they are male of female? is there a ratio male/female?

thank you

[Felis]

Hi,

the most secure sign is that sexually mature males have small "bumps" in their armpits:



Females tend to become larger, are rounder in shape and lack those bumps:


In my experience, there seem to be more males than females (as most of my young frogs turned out to be male); but a friend of mine almost always got young females when she bought new frogs, so I´m not quite sure

[Felis]

Oh, I forgot: female ADFs can´t vocalize and don´t attempt to amplex other frogs, so the behaviour differs as well.
Also, the bumps differ in size from male to male and depending on their hormone status:

[mamangenn]

so i am pretty sure that my oldest frog is a female she is round, i dont see bump and i never heard her make any noise.


and for the 3 other one. 2 are *long* and 1 look *fat* so maybe 2 male and one female for the young one. but will see

[Geoff]

Here are some more photos. They're difficult to sex until they're in breeding condition.

[frogwings]

Thank you Geoff for posting pics of your frogs! I now can feel good about my " fat " frogs! I thought they were fat but it appears they are the right size for females! It seems I have 2 females and 2 males. I posted pics of mine further down the line in this forum.