MOTW - Aug 18 - Aug 24 2013 - Carlos (Mentat)

[GrifTheGreat]

Thanks guys ! Now got two votes for male, any other says? IRT species, will try and take more pics today during maintenance and feeding. But will give you couple tips in the meantime to throw you off: the tympani has a white spot on it, the distance between eye and tympani is one eye diameter and the feet are slightly webbed. On the other hand, the dorsal ridges are long and unbroken and the upper lip is barred. No knowledge about frog's care before it got to pet shop. They had it in a large plastic critter keeper in water with a flat stone to climb on. Will go now and see if can get more pics .

Description is of a Dwarf P. edulis. Hmmmm....Hybrid maybe.

[Mentat]

Description is of a Dwarf P. edulis. Hmmmm....Hybrid maybe.

Exactly ! Just changed it's water, fed it two huge night crawlers, and made him (called loud and clear a few times already and checked presence of nuptial pads) mad by taking pics. Good news is, now it's eating the NCs from substrate without tongs help . Consider that a safety issue when feeding a Pixie since Stilgar would target my hand...obviously out of love .

Ok, here are today's pics, sorry for quality, these are taken with phone. BTW, decided to name this guy Duncan in honor of Duncan Idaho, Swordmaster for House Atreides in Frank Herbert's Dune novels.

P. adspersus traits: long unbroken dorsal ridges, and barred upper lips.





Yeah, sure, get close and make my day !




P. edulis traits present: small 3 in. SVL size (told age is over one year), distance between eye and tympanum is equal (or nearly so) to eye diameter, white spot on tympanum, and slight webbing between toes.





And finally do note Duncan's eyes do not look like either species. The whole eye is black !

No matter what species is it, I'm starting to like it a lot . Still hoping it stays as is and I do not accidentally trigger a growing spurt that will make it a monster. The short time Stilgar was with me, he ate a couple hundred dollars of food!

Next is to start his new home buildup with a water base, rock slabs creating a tiered platform to climb onto and out of water, and a little land area in case he wants to go landlubber ! A week or two from now, also plan to get a fecal and weight in. Can use numbers later in case need to get to get de-worming treatment. Thanks for reading and do let me know what you think is this Pixie !