Insect Direct Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Has anyone seen Litoria aurea with bumps on the skin before? or any hybrid looking frogs for that matter? I have seen slightly raised bumbs/markings on L. aurea in the past, but the frog below has more than any I've seen before...more raniformis like. Maybe just part of the mutation but :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Next time get him/her to sit still when you put your tattoo on so that it is straight might be due to ambiant humidity? causing skin to dry therefore look raised or is it like this all the time? Some animals that lack pigiment also have different skin textures so it could be pigment related? Nav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 pretty sure it has bumps all the time as ive noticed this a couple of times when it was younger. then again that could be just dehydrated :dunno: he does sort of look shrivled up in that pic lol i would check but i sent him on a holiday recently. just been looking back at some old pics. thats a wild caught male - he has slight bumps. cant check him either - no longer kept here . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalcolmX Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 my young southern bells dont have much gold or lumps but do always have the central stripe, whitch your hybrid does not. it doesnt help that its an albino as far as identification goes, hard to see if its southern bell gold or bell gold. is it one you have breed? if so wot do mum n dad look like? if its a male it might have a hybrid croak too?! my southern bells tend to be smoother when full dry and sunbathing, and lumpiest when cold or hiding, and when darkest (almost black). have you tried it on a lighter back ground? maby its trying to go dark and thats the best it can do. im curious to see how it goes malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted May 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 another interesting trait ive seen in the l aurea. The males sometimes display a stripe similar to that of the southern bells/raniformis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted May 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 MalcolmX - Not sure if these are actually hybrids. just interesting observations for now ... the bumpy albino is from split bred to albino. example of splits in pic below, then pair up top is a wild caught male and my original albino female and is where the splits come from - sorry pics give an idea but not great. the aurea vary so much depending on environment, mood ... so on some aurea pics. albino and a split wild caught male (possibly same frog as paired up above) last two are splits. southern bells i had in the past were distinctively different. this is a raniformis i use to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruru Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Hybrids between the two certainly happen, although I can't say for certain if that one is. I've seen hybrids with a broken stripe/ridge behind the eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 frog calls to compare. all sound similar, to me ... http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/frogs/3/2 http://frogs.org.au/frogs/fov.php?frog_id=1 these are split albino. http://www.youtube.com/user/nzexotics#p/u/10/uk7YHu22BUU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Ah, but you aren't a frog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 that is true. the frogs dont know that though i probably should stop busting out with random frog noises :sml2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Yeah sure! Blame the frogs :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 that is true. the frogs dont know that though i probably should stop busting out with random frog noises whats that stuck onto my foot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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