General Care Discussion :: any body knows about frogs??

[TXGUY]

Hi all, i have a little frog that looks like is shedding skin, is this correct or is a sikcness?, the frog lives in a comunity tank with fresh water fish, I forgot what kind of frog is it.
if somebody knows something about this ,drop me a line
thanks, blessings [/b]

[Tenodera]

Is it a dwarf aquatic frog?

It's normal for amphibians to shed their skin.

[TXGUY]

yes it is , i forgot what kind of frog is, so is normal ,ok thanks TENODERA

[Tenodera]

lol you're welcome

[industrial_girl_2000]

Does your frog look like this (webbing on feet only; no webbing on hands):

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8231

If so, he is what is known as an Aquatic Clawed frog. And yes, they do shed their filmy white skin. It hangs off, and about 99.9% of the time, you will catch them eating it. Gross as that sounds, frogs often will eat their shed skin, so don't be alarmed if you see him do that. It's normal for them (although it looks horrible from our vantage point!).

Here's some more info on frogs:

http://aquaticfrogs.tripod.com/id1.html

There's also a wonderful group on yahoo groups called "froggyfriends" that I am a member of & have gotten lots of great info from. Check it out!

Kristin