What does an African Dwarf Frog look like?
This aquatic frog grows to an SVL of 1″-1.5″, that is, a snout to vent (nose to butt) length of 1-1.5″ at full adult size. When sizing a frog, the legs aren’t counted. An ADF’s coloration ranges from various shades of grays or browns, while some appear more reddish brown, with little black and white spots on their backs, arms and legs. No matter what shade an ADF is, they all have a light whitish coloring on the front of their bodies, though you might see shades of pink along the frontal areas of their limbs and body areas. An ADF is covered with little bumps and its’ back also has black and white spots. They have 3 black toenails on their large hind flippers (hindfeet). The much smaller front flippers (forefeet) are webbed between the toes, hence their name Hymenchirus (Latin translation of “hymen” is membrane and “chirus” is hand).
