Hybrids?

[smashtoad]

If those two forms of tinctorius represent distinct populations in the wild, then they absolutely should be kept separate in captivity. It has nothing to do with the phenotype, some populations are polymorphic but interbreed freely like Bastimentos Island pumilio, and some populations that are widely separated in nature express similar phenotypes like the various green and black auratus. What is important is maintaining the genetic integrity of our captive populations, if they don't interbreed in nature then they should not be interbred in captivity.

WHY must they be kept seperate? WHY is it important? You "purists" love to announce, proclaim, and / or decree what should be, but you can't come within Pluto of a coherent WHY. Give it a shot. If you can't tell...I don't like it when people use caps at me and insult me as if I'm a lesser zoological entity.

It doesn't matter if YOU think a particular barrier to gene flow appears significant or not, if that barrier is enough to segregate two distinct wild populations it doesn't matter how small it seems.

Sure does...matters a lot. They're in my house, see. I'm the one breeding them . I am aware there are those who would love nothing more than the ability to call Brady Bahr on me, so he could kick my door down and rescue my frogs from the horrible prospect of a stronger gene pool...but the thing is, I would destroy that tail grabbing wimp...man I can't stand that guy...king of the Irwin wannabes.

Besides, next week a rockslide bridges the river and voila! Natural hybrids! Whooda thunk it??? So you're saying we should not, ever, do something that occurs naturally all the time? Nah...thanks anyway.

Not really about frogs but I hybridize my Bengalese and Zebra finches and they turn out fine and I've had no problems and if anything they look better than the pure bred finches, so if you can try and get two frogs with beautiful markings they should turn out quite good also ARMS87 a zebra x horse is called a zorse and another cross breed is the polar bear x grizzly bear so if it happens in nature I'm sure it can happen in captivity.

Dude...you are puttin some panties in a wad...back away slowly before they turn into that kid in school who had to be crying before he could fight, but when he started, look the heck out, cause he's coming like a feline berserker...kickin, bitin, pullin hair, and screamin in a language only Chris Crocker understands.