amalie Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 A month or so ago I bought my son (and me) a couple of "green and gold bell frog" tadpoles, our first one morphed a few days ago - but he's missing all the toes on one foot. I noticed it looked odd while he was a taddy, so figure it probably got nibbled before we got him and that it won't cause any problems. However that's only a guess - does anyone have any experience? Will s/he have trouble without them? Also - s/he's not a green and gold is s/he? Looks like a Southern Bell to me... right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 A bit hard to tell but looks more like a southern bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Looks like a southern bell. Having no toes should'nt hinder its quality of life and it will still make a great pet. I just wouldn't recommend breeding from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amalie Posted March 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Thanks! S/he's just a pet I'm not intending to breed - but interesting to think it might be a genetic deformity rather than an injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 when you say looking odd as a tadpole..what do you mean? thinking about it, it probably is more likely that they were nibbled rather than a deformity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amalie Posted March 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 I noticed that the toes were shorter than they should be - they looked much like they do now only on a smaller scale. I didn't think much of it at the time wondered if that foot just had some catching up to do. When we got the tadpoles this one had fairly sizeable legs already and they had been kept with tadpoles of varying sizes and I think a frog or two too - hence wondering if it had been nibbled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 looks like a southern, missing toes shouldn't hinder it in a captive environment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 all these froggy avatars have me croaking with delight! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 frog avatars all around true hard to say but very likely they just got nibbled. I had a tadpole with one eye from a young age and not sure but im pretty sure one of its sibblings had sucked it out. Its a hard life been a frog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 all these froggy avatars have me croaking with delight! :lol: spawning comes next :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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amalie Posted March 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Great! At least it will make telling the frogs apart a whole lot easier. Insect Direct - I'd have thought that missing an eye would've hindered depth perception and made fly catching impossible, how'd he get on with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 I had forgotten about it untill I saw it hopping around the tank the other day, wasnt overly fat but wasnt skinny. I feed crickets as the staple and theyre easier to catch than flies I would assume. But even still I didnt like its chances, so fed it to a lizard :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeyedfrog Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 We got 8 tadpoles 2 years ago and when they morphed we had 4 with one eye, 3 with 2 eyes and one with no eyes. We guessed it was from pollution. We still have 2 oneeyed ones and they catch flies ok. The main problem they have is that they have a limited range of vision so if the prey isn't on the right side they cant see it. Often there is a fly sitting right next to them and they don't know. They get them eventually but I don't think they would last in the wild coz they couldn't see the predators coming either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amalie Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Very odd, that number with missing eyes would have me thinking it was genetic. I think most mamals who are born (spawned??) with a missing eye develop their own form of depth perception, but when they loose an eye in an accident they don't develop that. I guess it'd be the same with amphibians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 and they were not missing eyes as tadpoles? cause tadpoles are a ravenous bunch of beings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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