r/AquaticFrogs

I was sent some frogs that were a lot bigger than expected. They were called tropical clawed frog. Could anyone identify which species they are?

Help, idk what happened but I’ve been investigating and I’m starting to panic.

Just a couple minutes ago I cleaned her tank and I always put her inside a small container with what I thought was cool water, and just when I set her inside, I noticed her slightly twitching, I touched the water and it was just slightly on the warmer side, but maybe that gave her a temp shock, so I panicked and rushed to fill the container with cool water, but then I noticed her hind fingers become stiff and a bit red. I tried to gently stretch her but she just kept swimming away.

Of course I know I did this, I was very careless with something I do very often but idk what to do, I don’t have exotic vets to take her to, I’ll buy/order some more calcium for her just so she can regain strength but I just want to know if she’ll get better with time or if I should prepare for the worst. One of my closest friends since my teen years and I’m scared to lose her :(

Edit: I have just found out “she” is a boy. I’ve only seen and been told that this species is very androgynous and no one bothered to point out their size difference. I just feel terrible. I’m gonna try to get him help no matter the cost.

Update: Frog is better now! Stiff fingers are back to normal, can swim and move as usual. I’m still gonna check out the resources you guys gave me and make sure to be on the look out for any unusual stuff. And of course more food is the first thing on the list. Thank you!

Edit 2: yes, I now know removing him from his tank is not good, now talking with actual professionals online, this thought has me appalled. I used to do it so I could easily reach corners that were accumulating too much muck (idk, English isn’t my first language lol) while I left him in a relatively medium sized container WITH tank water, not tap water. I DONT use soap or chemicals to clean the tank and always leave some of her “old” water to not change his environment too much. Now that he’s doing better and eating more, I will absolutely not be taking him out of his tank to clean it.

So as of late I've started to think my miss gorgophone gummi is actually sir gorgophone gummi. But in all honesty I don't know, they seem to have the most faint black nupital pads but it's hard to tell unless youre looking close.

Plus it also seems like some days they're darker and other days they aren't noticeable at all.

In the future would getting him(?) a girlfriend be worthwhile? I understand the males like to sing a lot and this tank is pretty damn close to my bed (only outlet available)

So a couple questions:

- is the singing loud?

- do ACF actually benefit from other frog tank mates at all?

- can you guys tell the gender at all? I'm stumped, or is it too young??

- also do they look healthy? I honestly am not sure of age but I've only had them for a few months and they've grown a lot

I attached some closer photos of their little grippers. Plus a frog booty pic..

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Id also like to note gummi has some minor injuries near the butt, I left for vacation while entrusting others to care for my plethora of animals and when I came back I found gummi with what seemed to be a prolapse, alongside refusing food. I was literally grieving this chunk of a frog and preparing for the worst as I had to leave on another trip in the next 2 days after finding out, spoiler alert, gummi is totally fine. I'm convinced they're immortal. But anyways, since then they've had more of a loose butt than before. (Also didn't have time to take them to a vet, I came back from camping only to spend the night elsewhere to petsit for someone else alongside working. Plus kinda glad I didn't drop 1k at the vet for the immortal gummi)