Pros and Cons of Various Frogs and Toads
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American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
that’s my baby Hippolyta!
Pros
-chubby orbs
-small faces
-love to burrow in the dirt
Cons
-hard to find as pets
-sometimes they’re all the way in the soil and you can’t find them
-its really hard to find their poops
Pacman frog (genus Ceratophrys)
Pros
-lots of colors
-very common
-get pretty big
Cons
-eat other frogs
-don’t have a neck haha no neck boy
-bitey sometimes
African dwarf frog (Hymenochirus boettgeri)
Pros
-look ridiculous
-gregarious af
-little
Cons
-can be asymptomatic carriers of chytrid
-aquatic so no hold
-a little too ridiculous
Tomato frog (Dyscophus guineti)
Pros
-look like fruit
-always kinda look like they farted really loudly and dont want ppl to know it was them
-stance
Cons
-actually the false tomato frog, true tomato frogs aren’t in pet trade
-no one breeds them which makes me so sad
-they look like great pillows but theyre frogs and not pillows
White’s tree frog (Litoria caerulea)
Pros
-sticky
-really have that stereotypical frog shape from cartoons and stuff
-it doesnt hurt when they bite
Cons
-kinda basic and they know it, theyre smug :/
-sometimes bite each other cuz theyre bad at eating food
-they dont live in the dirt like other self respecting toads and frogs
Oriental fire belly toad (Bombina orientalis)
Pros
-semi aquatic
-extremely little!!
-orange belly
Cons
-very bad at mating, sometimes drown each other
-can’t hold these boys, they jumpy
-always try to eat the tongs!!!! its not food!!
Pixie frog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)
Pros
-so very big
-tenacious
-hold him like a baby
Cons
-heavy
-will eat ur shoe if you give it access
-you can’t train them to come when called. i just think a recall trained frog would be neat.
Dyeing dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
Pros
-not poisonous in captivity unless u feed em the poison gathering food
-very tiny…..
-stance!!!!!!
Cons
-imagine if they were huge. wouldnt that be fucked up or what.
-eat rly little foods
-come in too many morphs, species ID is going to kill me, dart frogs have killed me.
dededos
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