Hymenochirus boulengeri vs Hymenochirus boettgeri

[Alexis]

Two questions:


1) What's the difference between Hymenochirus boulengeri and Hymenochirus boettgeri?
2) May I have both species in the same tank?


Thank you very much.
Alexis

[Jake]

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[martintruckenbrodt]

Hello,
perhaps you can translate this information with a online translation service. http://www.pipidae.de/arten_literatur_hymenochirus.php

Or look here: http://www.pddb.org/species.php

The problem is: Who can determine the species correctly?
At least you have to know the location there they frogs have been collected.

Bye Martin

[merk199]

I am in the same boat regarding the Hymenochirus boulengeri and Hymenochirus boettgeri. I have what was sold to me boulengeri but after staring at pictures they look like hybrids of each other. Upon further research appears a lot of the stock in the US is hybridized between the two species. The only way to know what they truly are is through site collection data, reputable collector/dealer. While similiar in look there is a definite pattern difference on the back. But whether or not you can look close enough in a retail setting is another story.

Personally I would like to add more frogs to the tank but until I can have someone nail down an ID I am just going to treat them as hybrids to be kept seperate.