Talk:African dwarf frog
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General Edit
I've tried to smooth over the article...it was loosely written. Forgot to note that in the edit summary box. - Slow Graffiti 05:41, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
This article needs some serious editing. For starters, frogs breathe air AND can absorb dissolved oxygen in the water through their skin (although they do need to swim up to the surface occasionally). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.246.9.186 (talk) 23:38, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
what do african dwarf frogs eat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.56.160.57 (talk) 18:37, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
the african dwarf frogs eat bloodworms they can also eat pellets that look like beta food.
Please note that feeding African Dwarf Frogs only bloodworms is not the most balanced diet. Please reference the Aquarium Wiki for more information: [1] Peasants'Revolt (talk) 17:02, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Some notes
1. The article on daphnia says they are often fed to African Dwarf Frogs. Oddly, daphnia aren't mentioned in this article.
2. The claim "a one gallon tank can hold 1–2 frogs" seems dubious to me. I would like to see a citation. For freshwater aquarium fish the rule of thumb is "one inch of fish per gallon of water". But that's because fish breathe water and consume scarce dissolved oxygen. If these frogs breath air directly from the surface, they won't consume as much dissolved oxygen (if any?), and more can safely be added per given volume of water, right?
- In answer to 2., it's not because of oxygen, it's because of ammonia wastes. Frogs are just about as messy as fish in that regard, and are more sensitive to it. It's not a good idea to stock ADFs much more heavily than you would fish, although they're often happier in a smaller tank than fish are due to being bad swimmers. Thus, you could stock 1-2 smallish-sized youngish ADFs in a one-gallon tank, but you'd probably have to do water changes twice weekly to avoid ammonia build-up. You're better off putting five or so in a 5-gallon tank, as that's really closer to their minimum 'happy size'. 70.122.65.89 (talk) 00:31, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
Question: Which is it, do they need a water surface or not? The article says both —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.15.17.169 (talk) 23:44, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Discrepancy
The Description section says "The average life expectancy of these frogs can be up to 5 years, but they can live as long as 20 years; they are known to grow to a maximum of 2½ inches long" The "In the wild" section says "They can be as long as 8 inches ... and they live for about 22 years." The difference is pretty dramatic: a LE of up to 17 years longer, and almost a half-foot difference in length!
--Jndrline (talk) 22:57, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
My guess would be that the 8 inch long refers to African Clawed Frogs (which are often confused with African Dwarf Frogs). In my experience, 2 and one-half inches should be a common maximum size for Hymenochirus boettgeri. Peasants'Revolt (talk) 17:14, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Distribution
I see no mention of the African dwarf frog's distribution in the wild and I'm having trouble finding any source that says anything but "Sub-Saharan Africa", which is a fairly huge place. Does anyone have any decent literature on this? Pandarsson (talk) 21:47, 15 August 2016 (UTC)