Pixie tadpoles

[John]

those are some type of ranid tadpoles, not Pyxicephalus.

You need to get your terms straight. Pyxicephalus are Ranids (family Ranidae). You are thinking of the genus Rana, not the family Ranidae.

Two huge physical features that these do not have, are the eyes on top and a noticeable stripe down the center of the back.

They only get those when they finish growing their back legs. Until then they are not marked in that way.

[onedge30]

Thanks, John. Yea, you are right on the rana. Since they are both Ranidae.

Now on the features, I compared the tadpoles with photos under the caresheet and other sources on the net. The eyes are distinctly on the top and line is there even on the tadpoles. And they are not that green, they are more of a blue grey. Are these photos not a good representation of the correct look?

Thanks. Always looking to learn more.

[onedge30]

Comparing green tadpoles to African Bullfrog tadpoles.

[Kevin1]

Those are american bullfrog tadpoles not Pyxicephalus tadpoles. I've raised many of them.

[spec]

Any idea's on what i should do about this, I didn't want to raise frogs that I'm capable of catching in my pond. I suppose I'll return to the pet store and raise some (bleep). Kind of fun taking care of them tho. They're on the eat a pellet make a pellet diet. Kind of messy, but i'll just kick on the filter for about 10 minutes and it seems to collect all of the pellets that aren't food. lol

[pixiefrogman]

Well American Bullfrogs are still very cool pets!

[spec]

Still no morph since original post. Havn't really changed in size either. Sad face. I talked to the owner of the pet shop and she said '' oh, these are bullfrogs from california, not pyxie. They didn't know what they were talking about." >:-|