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African dwarf frogs have eyes positioned on the sides of their heads, while African clawed frogs have eyes on the tops of their heads. African clawed frogs have curved, flat snouts. The snout of an African dwarf frog is pointed. African dwarf frogs are very active and rarely sit still for any period of time.
Hymenochirus boettgeri, also known as the Zaire dwarf clawed frog [2] or the Congo dwarf clawed frog, [1] is a species of frog in the family Pipidae. It is found in Nigeria , Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , and east to the Central African Republic and to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo .
Dwarf frogs have four webbed feet. African clawed frogs have webbed hind feet while their front feet have autonomous digits. African dwarf frogs have eyes positioned on the side of their head, while African clawed frogs have eyes on the top of their heads. African clawed frogs have curved, flat snouts. The snout of an African dwarf frog is pointed.
Crepuscular, a classification of animals that are active primarily during twilight, making them similar to nocturnal animals. Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night. Cathemeral, a classification of organisms with sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night.
The completely aquatic African dwarf frog (Hymenochirus sp.) has fully webbed toes, whereas those of White's tree frog (Litoria caerulea), an arboreal species, are only a quarter or half webbed. [55] Exceptions include flying frogs in the Hylidae and Rhacophoridae, which also have fully webbed toes used in gliding.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is warning consumers to be careful handling African dwarf frogs and the aquariums in which they live after the aquatic pets were linked to a salmonella ...
The African bullfrog is a voracious carnivore, eating insects and other invertebrates, small rodents, reptiles, small birds, fish, and other amphibians that can fit in their mouths. [ 5 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] It is also a cannibalistic species—the male African bullfrog is known for occasionally eating the tadpoles he guards, [ 11 ] and juveniles also ...
Merlin's dwarf gray frog (Pseudhymenochirus merlini), or Merlin's clawed frog, is a species of frog in the family Pipidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is monotypic within the genus Pseudhymenochirus . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is found in southern Guinea-Bissau , western Guinea , and southern Sierra Leone .