If they are the Surinam Toad (Pipa pipa) then they are an aquatic toad. I'm assuming that this is what you're talking about because you said "long" - which makes perfect sense as there's no other way to measure these guys really. These guys are originally from the amazon and in the wild live in very polluted, oxygen deficent water. They do breathe air, but actually live in the water. Don't let it fool you, they are actually quite fast if they ever get on land. They like to hide - mine likes to blend in with all the plants in his 75 gallon aquarium (trying to find more for a reasonable price) and tears them out of the gravel. He's eating large feeder fish at the moment. The easiest way to sex them is that the males will make a clicking noise sometimes. I've only heard ours (mine and my boyfriend's) do it recently - sounds like the pop button on a jar and he's always near the top of the water when he makes the noise. Most of these (if not all) are wild caught because they're hard to breed in an aquarium. That's the basic rundown of these guy, feel free to either e-mail me at katie@pokeysnails.com or reply to this with more questions.



~Katie

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