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As pets, African dwarf frogs can live peacefully among other fish in an aquarium. Their tank mates should be neither large enough to pose a predatory threat to the frogs, nor small enough to become food for the frogs themselves. They are not an especially demanding species, and can be kept in most standard aquarium setups.
There are a wide range of frogs, salamanders and caecilians that can be kept in an aquarium. Some of these are not found in the pet trade. This is usually because they're either too big for most commercial aquariums (ex: giant salamanders), are endangered (ex: achoques), or both.
African dwarf frog [1] is the common name for members of Hymenochirus, a genus of aquatic frog native to parts of Equatorial Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are common in the pet trade and are often mistaken for the African clawed frog , a similar-looking frog in the same family.
The albino form is common in the aquarium trade. This fish can survive out of the water and "walk" as long as kept wet, for a very long time. [25] Black catfish, Narrowfront tandan: Neosilurus ater: 47 cm (19 in) Stinging catfish: Heteropneustes fossilis: 30 cm (12 in) Sun catfish: Horabagrus brachysoma: 45 cm (18 in) Asian redtail catfish ...
Phrynobatrachus is a genus of Sub-Saharan frogs that form the monogeneric family Phrynobatrachidae. Their common name is puddle frogs, dwarf puddle frogs, African ...
The African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), also known as simply xenopus, African clawed toad, African claw-toed frog or the platanna) is a species of African aquatic frog of the family Pipidae. Its name is derived from the short black claws on its feet. The word Xenopus means 'strange foot' and laevis means 'smooth'.
Pseudhymenochirus merlini is a largely aquatic frog that lives in aquatic habitats with shade, e.g., still water in lowland forests and agricultural land, and in small, very slow-moving rocky streams. It avoids waterbodies with many fish. It can colonize newly created aquatic habitats by migrating overland. [1]
This is a list of invertebrates, animals without a backbone, that are commonly kept in freshwater aquaria by hobby aquarists.Numerous shrimp species of various kinds, crayfish, a number of freshwater snail species, and at least one freshwater clam species are found in freshwater aquaria or '0' salinity water body.