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African albino clawed frog sexing

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Jackie Stone

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I have a new albino african clawed frog,it has black on his handsmbut my other one that sings has black on his hands and arms,could they both be male or do females have black hands too?thanks Jackie
 
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They both sound male to me. Any pictures? Is there any noticeable size difference between the two?
 
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here they are,roughly the same size,the one on the left I am confused about,see the black hands on both?The one on the right has black forearms too
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They are both males. Sexually mature males will have nuptial pads on their "fingers". These are blackened, rough patches which assists the male in holding on to the female during amplexus (mating embrace). Females will not have these pads, but the cloaca (vent) will be noticeably swollen. Both males and female ACFs will call.

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