My first pyxie

[Diogo Juliao]

Today I bought my first pyxie. I was thinking about getting two Bufo melanostictus, but then I feel in love with this frog so I bought one of each.

The problem is that I had prepared a tank for 2 Bufos, so I had to put my pyxie on a temporary box.

I bought him as Pyxicephalus adspersus, and I think it's a female, but I'm not sure because it's the first one I ever had.

She/he eats very well, mainly zoophobas

Her/His tank:



And my beauty:







ps: she/he likes fingers

[Jace]

She is a beauty....but her colouring is very unusual. I have three P. adspersus and none of them ever had markings like that. Is there a chance she was sold under the wrong name? I included a couple of pics of one of my Pyxies when he was young-I got him when he was the size of a Canadian toonie, yet except for loosing his vertical stripe, he looks pretty much the same now.

[Diogo Juliao]

Yes, I've noticed that her colour is very unusual... I'm gessing maybe it can be a variation of the colouration of your first pic...

Another strange thing is that her skin is completely smooth... and as we see on your pics, pyxies use to have (I don't know waht to call them) rough strips..

Here in Portugal it's very possible that she has been sold with a wrong name

That why I wrote this:

I bought him as Pyxicephalus adspersus

Anyway. I really like her and she's very beautiful

[Jace]

I agree-he or she is absolutely beautiful and I, personally, wouldn't care what it really was as long as it was healthy. I love the markings and smooth texture, and from the sounds of it, she is well on her way to becoming plump and happy! Congrats on her-if I had seen her in the petstore, I would have bought her too.

[Diogo Juliao]

I agree-he or she is absolutely beautiful and I, personally, wouldn't care what it really was as long as it was healthy. I love the markings and smooth texture, and from the sounds of it, she is well on her way to becoming plump and happy! Congrats on her-if I had seen her in the petstore, I would have bought her too.

That's what I'm talking about I'm very happy with this purchase.

Btw, I've heard that there in USA pyxies can cost over 60$... Here in Portugal I use to see them for 25-35€.. This one cost me 20€ (24$).. Weird, normaly your prices are much better than ours.

[pixiefrogman]

This is definitely a beautiful frog, but it is definitely not a Pyxiecephalus Adspersus. It is most likely one of the variation of the dwarfs. But congrats on the gorgeous frog!

-TJ