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I'm noticing in people's pics of their pyxie frogs that they seem to have a lot of texture, ridges & such, on their backs. My dwarf pyxie is smooth-skinned with color patterns, but no ridges. Is this a difference between dwarfs & the "originals" or is it just an individual difference between my frog & the larger ones I'm seeing on the forum?
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My local herp shop has a adult dwarf pixie for sale and it still has all the ridges and bumps and so forth that I see on the giants. I don't know, it may be just a frog to frog thing. He advertises it on KS all the time, i'll see if I can find his ad and post the pic... Jon
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1.0.0 Baby leopard tort
0.0.2 Fly river turtles
0.0.2 Savannah Monitors
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1.1.0 Mali Uromastyx
0.1.1 Ball pythons
1.1.0 pastel Columbian boa
0.1.0 Guyana redtail boa

its a pretty bland frog but you get the idea with the "ridges and stuff"

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0.0.2 Giant Pixies
0.0.1 Green Ornate Pacman
2.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
0.0.1 Superlight Baby Sulcatta
1.0.0 Baby leopard tort
0.0.2 Fly river turtles
0.0.2 Savannah Monitors
1.1.0 Orange and yellow flame Niger uromastyx
1.1.0 Mali Uromastyx
0.1.1 Ball pythons
1.1.0 pastel Columbian boa
0.1.0 Guyana redtail boa

Size does matter..... Here are a few ways to tell, Size, the shape of the nose, and the strip down the back. This is a picture of a albino dwarf, but thinks he's the real true giant. I have two males and both call almost every night, they are so cool.

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trevor@froghut.com
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Hmmm. Well, mine was sold to me as a dwarf pyxie & I've had him over a year & he's not really grown, so I assume he's an adult. He's pretty "typical frog" size- smaller than my pacman. My store also has an adult giant, who is also pretty dull looking, like that dwarf pic you posted, John. But mine is really pretty- he has flecks of gold & a gold stripe down his back on a forest green background. his throat & belly are bright yellow. He/she does not call. His skin is smooth.
Is he a dwarf pyxie, or was I sold the wrong species?
Here he/she is- Butrose Butrose Froggy

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2.1 Corn snakes Snake Plissken, Jack Skellington & Abby
1.1 Hog Island Boas Harley & Isaboa
1.3 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
1.1.5 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton, Olivia Newton John, Helmut Newton & Thandie Newton
1.1 cats Gus & Mena

I'm no expert on diferrentiating between the two but it looks like a dwarf to me. I beleive that snakguy said something about dwarfs retaining the stripe down there back as well as sometimes the pattern. All of the adult giants that I have seen have been the plain drab olives or light browns with whitish or yellow bellies.
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0.0.2 Giant Pixies
0.0.1 Green Ornate Pacman
2.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
0.0.1 Superlight Baby Sulcatta
1.0.0 Baby leopard tort
0.0.2 Fly river turtles
0.0.2 Savannah Monitors
1.1.0 Orange and yellow flame Niger uromastyx
1.1.0 Mali Uromastyx
0.1.1 Ball pythons
1.1.0 pastel Columbian boa
0.1.0 Guyana redtail boa

Dwarf, 100% dwarf.....

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trevor@froghut.com
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I think he's a cutie, so I'm glad to know he'll stay looking that way.
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2.1 Corn snakes Snake Plissken, Jack Skellington & Abby
1.1 Hog Island Boas Harley & Isaboa
1.3 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
1.1.5 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton, Olivia Newton John, Helmut Newton & Thandie Newton
1.1 cats Gus & Mena

where is the "butrose butrose" thing from? It sounds familiar but right now I am having a brainfart.
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0.0.2 Giant Pixies
0.0.1 Green Ornate Pacman
2.1.0 Albino Clawed frogs
0.0.1 Superlight Baby Sulcatta
1.0.0 Baby leopard tort
0.0.2 Fly river turtles
0.0.2 Savannah Monitors
1.1.0 Orange and yellow flame Niger uromastyx
1.1.0 Mali Uromastyx
0.1.1 Ball pythons
1.1.0 pastel Columbian boa
0.1.0 Guyana redtail boa

Butrose Butrose Ghali (not sure I've spelled the last name right) is a French member of the United Nations. I saw the name (Butrose Butrose Froggy)on a frog-name suggestion sheet somewhere on the net & I liked it
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2.1 Corn snakes Snake Plissken, Jack Skellington & Abby
1.1 Hog Island Boas Harley & Isaboa
1.3 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
1.1.5 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton, Olivia Newton John, Helmut Newton & Thandie Newton
1.1 cats Gus & Mena

Dwarf definitely. Adult dwarf pyxies keep their pattern and dorsalateral stripe. They are usually blotched.
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