white tree frog missing toes?

[Nuua]

I'm a new owner and I couldn't help notice when i got my 2 white tree frogs home the other day that one of them only has two toes on both back feet. I'm confused whether this is normal, or it just had an accident at some point in it's life, or if the shop I bought them from clips them? The other frog has all its toes. Thanks for reading

[UncleChester]

That's not normal. It could have been a development problem from birth or an accident would be more likely, like getting caught in the hinges of a cage door. Toe-clipping was (and maybe still is) used by researchers as a way to tag frogs for future ID, but this procedure does come with guidelines that would rule out leaving such a small number of toes. There's little reason to toe-clip to ID captive frogs, so hopefully that wasn't the case. An injury that led to an amputation by a vet could be a possibility.

If you can get a close-up picture someone might be able to say more. A photo of the feet can be relatively easy from below if you can catch the frog clinging to the side glass of your vivarium.

[LilyPad]

One of our other members, Eli, has a whites that is missing toes. His looks to be a development issue as the same toes are missing on both feet. Pics would definitely help determine what's going on.