Fearing that I too, got scammed. (Dwarf African Bullfrogs/Pyxies sold as Giants)
Apparently this is an all too familiar topic. I just stumbled across a topic on this forum that aroused some concern for me. I fell in love with the African Bullfrog a couple of months back. My first choice was to find an adult male for sale but this wasn't possible at the time. I really even had trouble finding babies or juvies for sale. I did find one. Advertised as a Giant Pyxie. The particular ones were being sold as 4 inch beauty's with a price tag of $129.95 (not including shipping). I contacted the place via telephone and a woman answered. I had questions about there frogs because I wanted to ensure that I was getting an actual Giant African bullfrog. She transferred me to a male subject who was very polite and seemed very well educated in the likes of these frogs. He informed me that he is one of the only distributors who get these and that they come from a private farm. He further advised me that they have moved like around 90 of these since March. I was told that without a doubt, mine was the giants and that the males would reach 10". I was also advised that I would be purchasing a male because they are the only ones with a yellow throat and that the farm only releases there males and that they keep the females for breeding. Part of this is my bad. I should have done more research as I now know, the yellow doesn't mean jack and that African's can't really be sexed for sure until they are a little bit older. What I didn't plan on encountering was that I might have possibly paid a premium price on something that isn't what it's suppose to be. I'm sick at my stomach over this. The place that I purchased from has been phenomonal to conduct buisness with for the most part and I have speant several hundreds of dollars with them over the past couple of weeks. Please provide some assistance if you can. My frog has alot of yellow on his throat and belly however the "orange under the armpits" that I have read is an indicator of a true "giant", is not under the arm but it is at the top of his front arms, where our shoulders would be.
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