flowing streams. It has no tongue and no teeth.

The frog was captured by the hundred in the 1950s and 1960s to be

used for pregnancy tests , female frogs would be injected with a womans

urine, if the female Xenopus released eggs two or three days later then it

would mean the woman was pregnant, if the frog did not release eggs

then the woman was not pregnant. After the first chemical pregnancy

test was developed the frogs were not needed any longer so

thousands were released into the wild with devastating results.

They ate lots of native wildlife and multiplied.

African clawed frogs are very veracious predators, they will

eat almost anything that you put in front of their mouths. They

 eat by using their forelimbs to push the piece of food into their

 mouths and swallow it down. They will eat until they can not

fit any more inside their stomachs. There is a wide range of food

 which these frogs like to eat, my frogs favourites are frozen

bloodworms , tubifex worm blocks and Tetra Reptomin sticks

special designed for Amphibians. I find that the best food is the

Tubifex cubes , they are relatively cheap , they do not smell and

do not foul the water too badly.

Breeding Xenopus Laevis seems to be very hard for some people

 and very easy for some others. It really depends on the conditions

 you have and whether the frogs actually feel like reproducing.

(if at first you dont succeed , try , try again.) The male frogs

have dark coloured stripes under the insides of their forearms

called Nuptial pads, these are used to grasp the female

during mating. The females have a small tail between their

hind legs this is to deposite the eggs. The males also vocalise

often during the breeding season.
Frogs become sexually mature in 10 months to 1 year.
I have Succesfully bred Clawed Frogs so email me if you would like to know

anything.

Frogs water does not need to be completely changed that often,

but some of it should be changed at least once a month, and the tank

topped up every two weeks or so.