Breeding Xenopus laevis

[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.

[SanderB]

Some of them are almost frogs.


Any idea what the white/yellow ones will be? The father realy has albino eyes but these still have dark eyes.

[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.

[SanderB]

Yes, I think the eye colour will change too. The most developed one already has some reddish in his eyes.
It´s kinda strange cause with axolotls you can tell on day 1 if they are white or albino.

[rodsboys]

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.

Reticulated only refers to an albino animal having a pattern. Yours is a reticulated albino(and quite handsome too). Black eyes would be a whole new thing.