Other Xenopus species coming Friday!

[TommyBoi]

The CO3 is a yet unnamed taxa, but they come from the Congo ;o) And they grow to medium/borealis size ;o)
I CANNOT wait til Friday morning!!

[rodsboys]

That is awesome. I assume you have plans to breed all of them? You will soon be the resident Xenopus expert. lol I have only seen a few pics of some of those species. Little info out there. You should record everything and get a good camera for the future book.

[TommyBoi]

I am going to invest in a better camera in the next month or so...and, as for being an expert, lol...thanks!! Yes, I do plan to eventually breed them all, at least once each. As well, I have about 200 tads hatching last night/today, and they're in a 20 high tank...I was advised to space them out to 1 tad per gallon, after a few days ;o) I am very excited about it all!!!!

[rodsboys]

I am going to invest in a better camera in the next month or so...and, as for being an expert, lol...thanks!! Yes, I do plan to eventually breed them all, at least once each. As well, I have about 200 tads hatching last night/today, and they're in a 20 high tank...I was advised to space them out to 1 tad per gallon, after a few days ;o) I am very excited about it all!!!!

Sounds like you are going to have to invest in some sponge filters and Rubbermaid trash cans. lol

[TommyBoi]

I believe ur right!!!! And I'm looking forward to every minute of it!!!

[tgampper]

You will soon have a very nice collection of Xenopus!
It will be great if you can successfully breed them so the less common species will become easily available. In the past, I've kept Silurana tropicalis, which are my favorite. Unfortunately, right now, I don't have the room at home to establish another tropicalis colony. I do not recommend interspecific breeding. Many interspecific hybrids are sterile due to the arrangement of their chromosomes. Some examples of natural hybrids are laevis X gilli, laevis X muelleri and victorianus X borealis.

I doubt very seriously you will find X. gilli on the market (they are the most colorful of Xenopus). They are endangered right now, but I believe they will be critically endangered soon. They are interbreeding with the more aggressive laevis that share their range. The range of gilli is very small, being restricted to the Cape peninsula of South Africa. Their habitat is "blackwater", acidic ponds of the low-lying areas of the coastal fynbos. Their call is quite different than laevis.

[TommyBoi]

OMG!!! Less than an hour til the new frogs arrive!!! I'm going stir crazy, waiting for the time to come lol!!!! I hope I can get some fairly decent shots of them for you guys!! I can't wait!!!