More often people instead of ordinary pets, such as dogs, cats, hamsters, birdies and to that similar, prefer to contain at themselves in apartments exotic. And frogs – not an exception. And even such exotic "animal" wants to name. And not to be mistaken with the choice of a name, it is necessary to define a sex of the frog.
Instruction
1. Upon purchase of a frog in pet-shop attentively look narrowly at all individuals. Females, as a rule, are always larger than males, their body considerably extends to a basin. A body of males, on the contrary, uniform on all length, and they look slightly flat. Sharp differences between a female and a male in a color do not exist. Pick up a frog. Turn on a back. And if you see between legs the small ledge reminding a tail, then it definitely not a male. Only females have such ledge and it – yaytseklad.
2. If you buy a frog bull, pay attention to her eyes and eardrums. At males of these frogs eardrums of a little bigger size, than an eye. At females they the identical size with eyes. At a tree frog it is possible to define a sex on skin color on the lower jaw. Carefully turn a frog on a back, consider a thin skin on a jaw. At the self-check this site of skin white, at males – golden.
3. Examine a throat of a frog. Males have resonators in the form of the small inflated sacks which at some species of frogs are located on a throat (and are called throat resonators), and at others – on each side the heads. At the expense of these resonators the males also croak by a sonorous voice during reproduction. Females usually do not croak.
4. Examine front pads of an amphibian. At males it is possible to observe outgrowths in the form of the black brush framing fingers and lasting to the axillary hollow. Or marriage callosities which look as the coarsened skin of white color.
5. One of options of sex determination of a frog can become imitation of an ampleksus. Take a frog two fingers under forepaws, slightly squeeze. The male in this situation will surely let out cry.
6. Keep in mind what whatever of sex determination options you chose, any of them is not capable to help the beginning fan of amphibians to learn for all 100% who before it - "boy" or "girl". At young individuals in general it is impossible to define a sex. Best of all before purchase of a frog to consult with the expert or to invite him with itself in pet-shop.