African Dwarf Frog (Hymenochirus sp.)
African Dwarf Frog (Hymenochirus sp.)
African dwarf frogs are essentially blind by amphibian standards, tracking food by smell and the vibrations of a lateral line system borrowed straight from fish biology — practically harmless in a peaceful community tank, but stone-cold determined once it catches a whiff of food nearby. Unlike its much larger, much more aggressive cousin the African clawed frog, this species has webbed front feet and genuinely can’t hurt anything sharing the tank. Give it slow-sinking food dropped close by and access to the surface for air, and it’ll spend its life pottering around the substrate, unbothered by tankmates twice its size.
Care level: Easy · Temperament: Peaceful · Max size: ~1.5" · Min tank: 10 gal · Diet: Carnivore, small sinking pellets/frozen foods
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Hymenochirus sp.
- Common name
- African Dwarf Frog
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Care level
- Easy
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Max size
- ~1.5"
- Minimum tank
- 10 gal
- Diet
- Carnivore, small sinking pellets/frozen foods
When it ships
Most non-quarantined stock goes out the week you order. If we do not already have the animal in-house we source it first — allow up to two weeks for it to reach us. Live animals leave Monday and Tuesday, and Early AM Overnight is the only service that carries a live arrival guarantee.
The live guarantee
Shipped Early AM Overnight: a 1-hour DOA window from confirmed delivery, and nothing beyond it. Next Day Air and 2-Day carry no live arrival guarantee, and neither does USPS Priority. Local pickup or local delivery: 24 hours, if you bring a water sample from your aquarium and we test it before the animal goes home. Maintenance clients: 60 days when we service the aquarium at least twice a month, 28 days on a monthly plan.
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