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I believe that I read somewhere that repeated inbreeding in frogs (specifically Whites) causes some physical mutations, such as a shorter snout and stubby arms. Has anyone else heard this? I just realized while doing my check-ups that I have two juvies, both approximately the same size. One came from Glades Herp, the other a rescue from Ohio. The latter looks almost like a different species when compared to the other. At first I used to pass it off as him just being overweight, but now the difference is remarkable. His snout is very short, the skin on his chin actually kind of sits on his front feet. And the front legs are about 1 cm shorter than the other frogs. The "normal" one is much more proportionate. The head sits up high while he lounges, his legs are longer and he is more agile. There also is a fair degree of arch to his back. The others head isn't perky, he is a fairly flat looking frog. I'm trying to get pictures available so you can see the differences I'm talking about. I'm curious, has anyone else seen this, and is inbreeding the cause?
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*~~Whitney~~*

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

I read that same thing about inbreeding somewhere - but then again I also read somewhere that keeping WTFs in captivity - due to the loss of natural sunlight exposure as in the wild - causes them to lose their "true" green colors resulting in the blue phase of them. So who knows how reliable the info is. I also know that there are differences with head, chin, body etc. shape of Indonesian vs Australian White's and then there of course is the cross breeding of the two natives - which I would assume would always produce a varying appearance, as you could mate 2 seperate sets of them and the offspring could come out differently with each pair. Purely a guess here, not educated in froggie genetics - but seems logical to me.
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Happy Frogging!!!

~Becki~