Hello

[AmandaChau]

Another Question: What (other than size) is the difference between an African Clawed Frog and an African Dwarf frog? What are the different housing, food and tank mate issues?

thank you

[tgampper]

Another Question: What (other than size) is the difference between an African Clawed Frog and an African Dwarf frog? What are the different housing, food and tank mate issues?

thank you

Welcome, Amanda to the forum!

The basic difference between African clawed frogs and the African dwarf frogs is size. African clawed frogs are much larger and in my opinion more exciting and easier to care for. They are fun to watch and of course they are very difficult to handle, much like catching a greased pig .

[Ken Worthington]

Hi Amanda, I believe that albino varieties of the African clawed frog (ACF) are probably more common in the UK pet-trade than natural coloured ones.
Also, as far as I'm aware, African Dwarf frogs (ADF) don't exist as albinos.

ADFs can be kept quite happily in numbers (depending on tank size) and can be kept with fish.....although feeding might be a problem as the fish and ADFs will compete for food and the frogs will probably lose out......I personally would go for a single species tank.

ACFs will require much more space per frog, hardier plants, and won't be ideal to share a tank with fish.....

I hope you and your family really enjoy your new pet

[Kurt]

Physically, the dwarfs have webbing between both their toes and fingers. Xenopus have it only between the toes.