Pixie frog pic and question

[Sunrunner]

Hey all I have a pic of my beautiful Pixie Frog :) I dont know to many people that own these I was wondering if anyone out there knew the aprox value of these?
Here he just ate his first small rat :) just off mice.
Thanks for looking
Here is in his feeding cage :)
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/285pixie2-med.JPG
Something to compare him to
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/285pixie-med.JPG

:)

[BurmGuy87]

Daaaaang! Hes awesome! There is a Reptiles Mag about Pixies I believe!

[nguyen_inc]

oh.......my.......god....... that frog is HUGE!! How old is he/she? I am thinking of getting one of these giants next herp show near me. : )

[Sunrunner]

A little over a year :) They are neat to have but I do not know what they are worth price wize this size so if anyone knowscould they let me know please?.
Thanks again,
Kim

[nguyen_inc]

I am guessing easly over 60 bucks, because I remember at a pet store near me they where selling a normal 6 inch pac man frog for 50(u.s.). How big is he in inches? I will ask the store about it.

[Lrptls]

wow kim, that is one awesome frog!

[Sunrunner]

I would say ours is about 8 inches from tip to end, He is also a yellow belly so that makes them more valueable I am told because they are the largest species, dont get me wrong I am not looking to sell him just curious as to the value of these frogs.
Thanks all for the nice comments
Kim

[Gregg M]

Here in the states they are realy not worth too much....... At that size they are worth alittle more but you can buy a small one and watch it get that big pretty fast.......... Put it this way You can go to a pet store here and buy one for about 10 bucks....... Horned (pac-man) frogs are worth much more......... Even marine toads bring in more money than african bull frogs do........ But then again, I am sure that animal is priceless to you, as it should be.......... It is hard to put a price on an animal you raised up and grown to love....... Anyway, I am sure you can get anywhere from 30 to 50 bucks if you wanted to sell it........

[M_surinamensis]

I dunno... If she waited a bit longer and let him get full grown, the price seems to go up pretty dramatically. I've seen people charging a couple hundred bucks for big guys, I don't know if they got it... and that was retail... and in the states... But it's worth mentioning.

Still a pretty good looking boy though, even if he's not worth tens of thousands of dollars. He grab you yet or have you been careful?

[Sunrunner]

LOL he hasn't grabbed me yet he is fast moving though, I was under the assumption that he might be worth the 100 plus range as well but I am not looking to sell it :) just curious what the going price might thinking about getting a mate :)
I have hears stories about them biting people it was not a nice story ;)

[nguyen_inc]

pixies is not the largest frogs..... the largest are the Goliath Frogs....i just remember one time I went to a very good pet store where I live and I remember they were selling one that was about 5 inches for 50.

[claycoke11]

Thats a huge frog, I seen one at the pcpc when I was in toronto but i dont remember what they were asking for him, maybe you should phone them, and ask their going rate.

[Bartman]

There was this whole thing on animal planet about goliath frogs...man those things are giants, they said they can leap 20 feet in one shot. What would you say yours would leep?

[M_surinamensis]

Pyxies generally can leap about a foot, foot and a half...

They're all bulk, they can give a hop when they have to but it's not what they adapted to do. Moisture retention and being big enough to avoid a few of the more common small predator species are a higher evolutionary priority. The males are also about twice the size of the females, give or take... Pretty interesting and complex breeding behavior, from courtship to froglets the male involvement is kinda unique (in frogs that size anyway, it's somewhat similar to some denodrobate behavior).

Bites are fun too, these guys are all mouth and jaw. I've got a big guy myself... Much older than the one pictured above though. I may have to pick up a disposeable camera and get a few shots.

[Sunrunner]

That would be great if you could get pic's of yours M_suri and sorry for the misunderstanding I meant that the yellow bellied were bigger than the normal pixies I should have said larger not largest.
What do you feed yours and how do you house it?

[M_surinamensis]

The males are potentially the largest species of frog... Depends on what you're measuring. Frogs are measured lengthwise either from snout to vent (cloaca anyway) or with the legs extended from snout to the outermost toe with the legs stretched behind them... Then there's weight. A full grown male pyxie during the right time of year will outweigh any frog you care to put up against it. Goliath frogs, Chicken frogs, Smokey mountain frogs... all big amphibians, but all lanky and built for speed and distance jumping.

I keep mine (Ethel the frog... Named long before the gender was known and a Python sketch) in a wide, shallow glass enclsoure. It's three and a half feet square at the base and about twenty inches tall. Use pretty much the same substrate that you appear to... Bed a Beast style (got a buddy who gets me the store use massive-packs). Flexwatt underneath the back edge, a small cat litter pan as a water dish.

He gets a decent mix as a diet... full grown madagascar hissers, big rat pups (less hair) and the odd random feeder herp/invert (he'll eat snakes, lizards and other frogs- only given infrequently as parasite free animals that need to be culled due to deformities are avaliable, just about any invert you toss in there or dangle, including crayfish and nightcrawlers).

[Sunrunner]

wow nice do you have any pics? you are lucky to be able to give hm such a varied diet :)

[sketchy4]

jesus that is one big frog. big and beautiful.