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African Dwarf Frog · Golden African Dwarf Frog
Tiny fully-aquatic frog that sings underwater
A frog that never leaves the water: dwarf frogs float, glide, and males buzz-sing underwater at night. Keep trios in a lidded 10-gallon tank (they escape!) and hand-feed sinking food past the fish.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Julia Sumangil / CC BY-SA 4.0
Care guide last reviewed: · Care requirements referenced from veterinary and humane standards.
10-gallon filtered tank with a tight lid; group of 3+.
Quiet (2/5)
Highly independent — comfortable alone 8+ hours
Thrives with daily company
Curated starter supplies researched for this companion's specific anatomy and needs
African dwarf frogs have poor vision and no teeth, easily losing food to faster fish; long curved blunt tongs deliver sinking food directly in front of their snouts.
Fully aquatic frogs search the substrate bottom by scent; high-protein micro pellets sink directly to the tank floor without clouding the water.
African dwarf frogs have delicate scaleless skin prone to cuts from jagged stones; smooth rounded ceramic rock tunnels provide safe resting burrows.
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