the 2 adf sub-species

FisheyLisa

FisheyLisa

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I read somewhere at some point that one way to tell between the 2 adf sub-species is that one is hardier looking and one is very delicate looking.

I ask because I have 4. Now, 2 are chunky monkeys, 2 are very fragile looking. I thought it was age, because when i bought them, 3 were tiny one was big, (untrue because now they are 2 little 2 big, the 3 didn't grow the same). I thought it was feeding, so I made sure they all had eaten at least 2-3 worms, but again growth was not equal. I thought it was neglect of sorts, because 3 hang together and 1 doesn't (that 1 is frail looking) but the other frail one, hangs with the fatties.
So there is my oh so scientific observations.

Should I be concerned over the frail ones (they act the same as the fat ones)? Are they 2 different subspecies?

Thanks for contimplating my idle saturday ponderings...
lisa
 
It could be genetics (just like humans are all of different builds). I don't think it has much to do with the species thing, though I suppose it could.

If the bottom of this:
http://mike-edwardes.members.beeb.net/Amphibiary/Hymenochirus.html

and this (from my article):
http://davidcecere.pipidae.org/discrepencies.htm

doesn't convince you that the lines of this genus is a mess, then I don't know what will!

More and more it seems as if they should be referred to merely as "Hymenochirus sp." Not only are the four "different" species almost impossible to identify for sure, it seems that most frogs are quite possibly hybrids.

This guy had trouble even finding a pure specimen:
http://www.disk-o.com/malamp/species.html

I am working on editing my article to indicate the troubling nomenclature of this species....
 
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