Jenste
Resurrecting the Passion of Fishkeeping
As some of you know, I have a "midget" african clawed frog - - for obvious reasons I am not calling him a "dwarfed" african clawed frog because people could easily get confused about the species!
I bought him last November as a teeny little albino ACF...in that year...he has grown just a little bit over an inch!! He developed his nuptial pads in the beginning of the summer...and at that same time he seemed to stop growing! He is not being housed with my adult regular sized African Clawed Frogs (for those who don't know - ACF cannibalize smaller frogs if they can - and this little guy is just small enough that I do not want to risk it!)
He is currently being housed with a tropicalis clawed frog (they max out at 2") and two of my own babies who are results from a breeding on July 25th - this makes them just over 4 months old now...
he is the regular albino, the babies are a light marbled and a reticulated albino - take a look at how tiny he is!!
We have affectionately named him "Andre the Giant" - "Andre" for short
In pictures 1 & 2 - Andre is on the left, and the two 4 month babies he is housed with are in the center and on the right. In picture 2 you can clearly see his fully developed nuptial pads!
Picture 3 - This one is of Andre from the side, perfectly lined up next to a measuring tape **Note, measuring tape is in INCHES**
His vent (butt) is lined up with the 17" mark, and his nose falls short of 19" - less than two inches long full grown!! males typically grow to about 4" and females to about 6"
I bought him last November as a teeny little albino ACF...in that year...he has grown just a little bit over an inch!! He developed his nuptial pads in the beginning of the summer...and at that same time he seemed to stop growing! He is not being housed with my adult regular sized African Clawed Frogs (for those who don't know - ACF cannibalize smaller frogs if they can - and this little guy is just small enough that I do not want to risk it!)
He is currently being housed with a tropicalis clawed frog (they max out at 2") and two of my own babies who are results from a breeding on July 25th - this makes them just over 4 months old now...
he is the regular albino, the babies are a light marbled and a reticulated albino - take a look at how tiny he is!!
We have affectionately named him "Andre the Giant" - "Andre" for short
In pictures 1 & 2 - Andre is on the left, and the two 4 month babies he is housed with are in the center and on the right. In picture 2 you can clearly see his fully developed nuptial pads!
Picture 3 - This one is of Andre from the side, perfectly lined up next to a measuring tape **Note, measuring tape is in INCHES**
His vent (butt) is lined up with the 17" mark, and his nose falls short of 19" - less than two inches long full grown!! males typically grow to about 4" and females to about 6"
