Breeding Xenopus laevis

[Jenste]

It is way to early to know but the white ones, if they have black eyes, are going to be either reticulated albinos or leucistic. They will morph with little pink bodies and any reticulation, if there is going to be any, will start appearing after a few weeks/couple months.

Think of them like little dalmations....they reveal their patterns in time.

If any have pink/clear/red eyes then they will be regular albinos.

[SanderB]

They al have dark eyes and some have some pigment on the backs. But we will see. The male is albino and the female a wild type.
They are growing well, so the mix of spirulina and algeatablets is working fine I supose.

[SanderB]

They are growing very well.

[corientalis]

I have X. tadpoles the first time too! They look the same but a bit larger. The largest ones already have little whiskers. Both parents are wild type but I got some white, black eyed tads too! I wanted to ask what color morphs they will be as frogs just before I read this thread I feed them with spinach on one day and JBL turtle granulate on the other which I hope negates the ill effects of feeding spinach.

[SanderB]

My tadpoles are starting to develope hind leggs. Here is a video, I wil try to make some new photo´s too.

[SanderB]

Their hind leggs are starting to move.

[SanderB]

Now the front leggs are starting to develop.

[xxianxx]

I have X. tadpoles the first time too! They look the same but a bit larger. The largest ones already have little whiskers. Both parents are wild type but I got some white, black eyed tads too! I wanted to ask what color morphs they will be as frogs just before I read this thread I feed them with spinach on one day and JBL turtle granulate on the other which I hope negates the ill effects of feeding spinach.

What are the "ill effects of feeding spinach" ? I have raised whole batches with few fatalities on de stalked and liquidized spinach

[SanderB]

New photos and clip.

[SwimminSteve]

I think it might be tough to tell eye color on the little "albino" ones. I was in the fish store the other day and they had some newly morphed albino froglets. I stared at their eyes for a good 5 minutes trying to decide if they were red or not. I decided they must just be regular albinos, their eyes looked dark at first glance, but if you looked hard enough there was a slight reddish hue.
Their eyes may turn more red in the next few weeks, especially if dad is a regular albino.
I have a strange albino that has red eyes, but some darker pigment on his back. I'm still not sure if he's reticulated or not. I thought that reticulateds had dark eyes.
That's him on the left.