How a budgett's frog different from a normal frog?
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Budgett's frogs produce large amounts of waste. The better the filtration system you have in place, the less maintenance will be required, and water changes can be kept down to a minimum. Artificial lighting is not strictly necessary, but it will help give your frog a defined day and night cycle.
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Budgett’s frogs (Lepidobatrachus laevis), sometimes known as hippo frogs, are becoming increasingly popular pets. They have also been called Freddy Krueger frogs for their long fingers and aggressive nature. These frogs live for 15 to 20 years, and adults grow to be between 31⁄2 and 5 inches long, with exceptional specimens reaching 6 inches.
The somewhat-comical appearance of these large-bodied, big-mouthed frogs makes them attractive to many hobbyists. However, even today with the internet, there is still little information to be found on their captive-care requirements.
Easy to Distinguish
First described by its namesake John Samuel Budgett in 1899, the Budgett’s frog originates from the Gran Chaco. This relatively dry region of South America stretches from the south-eastern corner of Bolivia into western Paraguay and southward into Argentina as far as Santa Fe.
Budgett’s frogs share many similarities with others in the Ceratophryinae family, which includes two other species of Lepidobatrachus and the closely related horned frogs (Ceratophrys and Chacophrys). A loose, blue-gray vocal sac and nuptial pads, which develop during the breeding season, can distinguish adult males, as can the piercing shriek they make to advertise their presence to any potential mates in the area.
During the wet season, these frogs are sit-and-wait predators found feeding and breeding in temporary pools formed by heavy rains. Their large, flattened, gray-colored bodies are marked with irregular olive spots that become a more apparent reddish-brown color after dark. Their undersides are pale cream to white in coloration and unmarked. Their limbs are short and their hind feet webbed; their eyes are positioned on top of the head, allowing them to rest in shallow water with just their eyes protruding above the surface, waiting for unsuspecting prey to pass by. Younger specimens have a green coloration that surrounds the eye and extends down the back as additional camouflage. This usually fades away in adults but is kept by some.
As the winter nears and the pools dry up, Budgett’s use their hard, metatarsal tubercle spade to burrow into the mud, where they avoid desiccation during the dry months by encasing themselves in multiple layers of dry skin. They remain cocooned like this until the warm rains return, allowing them to come back to the surface to feed and breed once again.