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Pollywog

Cameroon Clawed Frogs (Silurana epitropicalis), CB05 15mm froglets, these are quite rarely offered in the UK and very rarely available as CB. They are a nice small form of tropical Clawed Frog prefering it slightly warmer than African Clawed Frogs (X.laevis). These are yet to colour up they have a background colouration of light - mid brown with a broad light creamy brown dorsal stripe:

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JStroud · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 5:26 pm Post subject:

Is it just locaiton that separates them from the Xenopus genus? I'm not too much up onto my frogs, are Xenopus African and these New World? Because they look really similar to me, but then I suppose loads of people say that about Green Tree Pythons and Emerald Tree Boas!!

Nice frogs by the way

Pollywog · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 5:43 pm Post subject:

They are African as are Xenopus, the seperation into the genus Silurana is still a little awkward. There are morphological differences that place them closer to Pipa, Hymenochirus & Pseudhymenochirus than Xenopus but recent discoveries have found that these differences are also present in some other Xenopus species. Frogs of the genus Silurana are smaller than most Xenopus and are found in warmer waters, they also have a 4th claw on the prehallux of each foot but then again this 4th claw is also found in members of the fraseri sub group of Xenopus.
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JStroud · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject:

Cheers